Vesta was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers on March 29, 1807. He allowed the prominent mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss to name the asteroid after the Roman virgin goddess of home and hearth, Vesta.
v ɛ s t ə WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY d ɪ s k ʌ v ə ɹ d WORD_BOUNDARY b aɪ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY d̠ʒ ɜː m ə n WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ s t ɹ ɑ n ə m ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY h aɪ n ɹ ɪ t̠ʃ WORD_BOUNDARY w ɪ l h ɛ l m WORD_BOUNDARY ɑ l b ə ɹ z WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ n WORD_BOUNDARY m ɑ ɹ t̠ʃ WORD_BOUNDARY t w ɛ n t i WORD_BOUNDARY n aɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY θ aʊ z ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY eɪ t h ʌ n d ɹ ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ v ə n WORD_BOUNDARY h iː WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ l aʊ d WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY p ɹ ɑ m ɪ n ə n t WORD_BOUNDARY m æ θ ɪ m ʌ t ɪ ʃ ə n WORD_BOUNDARY k ɑ ɹ l WORD_BOUNDARY f ɹ iː d ɹ ɪ t̠ʃ WORD_BOUNDARY ɡ aʊ s WORD_BOUNDARY t ə WORD_BOUNDARY n eɪ m WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɪ WORD_BOUNDARY æ s t ə ɹ ɹ ɔɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY æ f t ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ oʊ m ə n WORD_BOUNDARY v ɜː d̠ʒ ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY ɡ ɑ d ə s WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY h oʊ m WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY h ɑ ɹ θ WORD_BOUNDARY v ɛ s t ə WORD_BOUNDARY