My favourite hymn…

… is I vow to thee my country. I love the words and the music which is from Jupiter in The Planet Suite. Well this got me wondering which Roman God we might have called our planet after.
I think maybe Vesta the last sister of Jupiter, Vesta was the goddess of Hearth and Home. She had an entire cult devoted to her, named the vestal virgins. It was said she once gave the Emperor of Rome an everlasting flame to protect Rome from harm. However, she stated that this flame must never go out, as it would make her extremely angry and Rome would be defenseless. This formed the all women cult of roman virgin women to dedicate 30 years of their life to maintaining this flame to always burn for Rome’s safety.

What would you call our third rock from the sun?