46 Hestia /ˈhɛstiə/ is a large dark main-belt asteroid. It is also the primary body of the Hestia clump a group of asteroids with similar orbits.Hestia was discovered by N. R. Pogson on August 16 1857 at the Radcliffe Observatory Oxford. Pogson awarded the honour of naming it to William Henry Smyth the previous owner of the telescope used for the discovery. Smyth chose to name it after Hestia Greek goddess of the hearth.
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