 Vesta orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, within the asteroid belt, with a period of 3.6 Earth years, specifically in the inner asteroid belt, interior to the Kirkwood gap at 2.50 AU.Its orbit is moderately inclined ("i" = 7.1°, compared to 7° for Mercury and 17° for Pluto) and moderately eccentric ("e" = 0.09, about the same as for Mars).True orbital resonances between asteroids are considered unlikely; due to their small masses relative to their large separations, such relationships should be very rare.