Vesta is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of 525 kilometres. It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers on 29 March 1807 and is named after Vesta, the virgin goddess of home and hearth from Roman mythology.

Radius: 163.23 mi

Mass: 2.589 × 10^20 kg

Orbital period: 1,325 days

Discovered: March 29, 1807

Surface area: (8.66±0.2)×10⁵ km²

Did you know: Vesta is the source of the HED meteorites, which are about 6% of all the meteorites which fall to Earth.