5. Vesta
Year Found: 1807
Who Found It: Heinrich Willhelm Matthias Olbers
Location: Asteroid Belt Vesta is one of the largest objects that exists in the asteroid belt, and it got its name from the Roman goddess of home and heart. The person behind this discovery is the German astronomer Heinrich Willhelm Matthias Olbers, and the discovery itself happened in the year 1807.
Vesta ©Photo 12/Alamy
This is the most brilliant asteroid that Earth can see. It is frequently faint enough to be seen with the naked eye, with brightnesses as bright as magnitude 5.1. Even though it orbits the Sun entirely within that of Ceres, its maximum distance from the Sun is a little bit greater than Ceres’ minimum distance.
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