Vesta

Vesta may refer to:

Brands and products

• Lada Vesta, a car from Russian car manufacturer AVTOVAZ
• Swan Vesta (began 1883), a brand of matches
  • Vesta case, metal containers for matches (which were previously called vestas)
• Vesta, a freeze-dried meal brand launched in the United Kingdom by Batchelors in the early 1970s, and now owned by Premier Foods.

Fiction and mythology

• Sailor Vesta, a character in Sailor Moon
• Vesta (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Vesta (mythology), Roman goddess of the hearth and home

People

• Vesta Stoudt (1891–1966), factory worker during Second World War known for her letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt suggesting the use of adhesive tape to improve ammunition boxes, leading to duct tape
• Vesta (1957–2011), stage name of American recording artist Vesta Williams

Music

• Vesta (album), 1986 album by Vesta Williams
• Vesta 4 U, 1988 album by Vesta Williams
• Vesta, a 2008 rock band made up of former members of The Juliana Theory

Places

• Monte Vesta, Lombardy, Italy
• Temple of Vesta, Rome, Italy
• Vesta Nunataks, Alexander Island, Antarctica

Canada

• Vesta Creek (Alberta), a stream in northern Alberta
• Vesta Creek (Ontario), a stream in Bruce County, Ontario
• Vesta, a dispersed rural community in the municipality of Brockton, Bruce County, Ontario

United States

• Vesta, Arkansas
• Vesta, Georgia
• Vesta, Minnesota
• Vesta, Nebraska
• Vesta, Virginia
• Vesta, Washington

Science and technology

• 4 Vesta, an asteroid
  • Vesta family, group of asteroids that includes 4 Vesta
• Vesta (rocket), A French sounding rocket
• The Vesta parallel file system, a precursor of IBM's GPFS
• Vesta (software configuration management) (developed 1993), advanced configuration management system released by Compaq
• Vesta (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Lampyridae
• Vesta longifolia, a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae
• Vestas (founded 1945), Danish manufacturer of wind turbines

Other uses

• IF Vesta, sports club in Uppsala, Sweden established in 1911
• SS Vesta (1853–1875), a French iron screw steamer
• Vesta (name), feminine given name
• Vesta Rowing Club (founded 1870), a rowing club based in London, England
• Vesta Battery Corporation (1897–1964), an automobile battery company
• Vesta, a genus of flowering plant, sole species Vesta longifolia

See also

• Marooned off Vesta, a short story by Isaac Asimov first published in 1939
• Vega (disambiguation)
• Vespa (disambiguation)
• Vestal (disambiguation)
• Vestas, a Danish manufacturer of wind turbines