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4 Vesta
4 Vesta
Main-belt asteroid (4) Vesta. NASA Dawn orbited it. The 42s are rooms, not the catalogue seat.
The second-largest asteroid. Dawn lived there. The spin pole sits near 42.23° north. Park 2025 prints a polar moment of inertia 0.4208. Four is the catalogue number. The 42s are the rooms.
Four named
Hearth. Soul. Love. Longing.
Vesta is the hearth. Psyche is the soul. Eros is love. Himeros is longing. Four names from one old story, hung on four different rocks and one crater. The 42s are not the same kind. A spin pole is not a density. A cipher is not a catalogue number. The looking holds them without pretending they are one law.
42.23°Vestahere
Hearth
The sacred fire. Spin pole. Moment 0.4208. Another world.
- 4.2016 Psyche
Soul
Metal world NASA is flying toward. Not the crater on Eros.
- 433433 Eros
Love
The love asteroid. Catalogue seat, not a 42. The 42s are rooms.
- 42Himeros
Longing
Attendant of Eros. English letters. A bowl on the love rock.
What it supports
IAU asteroid (4) Vesta. JPL SBDB. NASA Dawn, 2011–2012. ESO Meet the 42 includes this rock. This card is the world those rooms belong to.
What it does not
Not 42. Four is the catalogue seat. Not 16 Psyche. Not 433 Eros. Not a small planet by IAU definition.
ExactnessDesignation
FormOther form
Unitcatalogue
Strengthhard
Hung15 September 2026