Editing 4 Vesta (section)

==Orbit==
Vesta orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, within the [[asteroid belt]], with a period of 3.6 Earth years,<ref name="jpldata"/> specifically in the inner asteroid belt, interior to the [[Kirkwood gap]] at 2.50&nbsp;AU. Its orbit is moderately inclined (''i'' = 7.1°, compared to 7° for [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] and 17° for [[Pluto]]) and moderately [[Orbital eccentricity|eccentric]] (''e'' = 0.09, about the same as for Mars).<ref name="jpldata"/>

True [[orbital resonance]]s between asteroids are considered unlikely. Because of their small masses relative to their large separations, such relationships should be very rare.<ref name="Christou"/> Nevertheless, Vesta is able to capture other asteroids into temporary 1:1 resonant orbital relationships (for periods up to 2 million years or more) and about forty such objects have been identified.<ref name="Christou2012"/> Decameter-sized objects detected in the vicinity of Vesta by ''Dawn'' may be such [[quasi-satellite]]s rather than proper satellites.<ref name="Christou2012"/>