Editing 6 Hebe (section)

==Orbit==
[[File:6 Hebe orbit.jpg|left|thumb|270px|The orbit of 6 Hebe compared with the orbits of the [[inner planets]] and Jupiter]]
Hebe orbits the [[Sun]] with an average distance (or [[semi-major axis]]) of 2.426 [[astronomical unit]]s (AU),<ref name=jpldata/> placing it in the [[Kirkwood gap|inner section]] of the [[main asteroid belt]].<ref name="Gaffey1998"/>{{rp|1282}} Its distance to the Sun varies from 1.935 AU at [[perihelion]] to 2.917 AU at [[aphelion]] due to its moderately elliptical orbit, indicated by its [[orbital eccentricity]] of 0.202. It has an orbital period of 3.778 [[Earth year]]s, following an orbit [[orbital inclination|inclined]] by 14.74° with respect to the [[ecliptic plane]].<ref name=jpldata/>

Hebe resides near but does not participate in several [[orbital resonance]]s. It orbits close to the 3:1 [[mean-motion resonance]] (MMR) with [[Jupiter]] at approximately 2.50 AU.<ref name="Gaffey1998"/>{{rp|1282}} Asteroids caught in the 3:1 Jovian MMR have orbital periods one-third that of Jupiter's; their orbits are destabilized and they are eventually removed by encounters with the planets, creating the 3:1 Kirkwood gap.<ref name="Yoshikawa1990"/>{{rp|101}} Hebe is also located near the destabilizing <math>\nu_{\rm 6}</math> (<math>g = g_{\rm 6}</math>) [[secular resonance]] with [[Saturn]], which at Hebe's average distance of 2.426 AU is located at 15–16° inclination.<ref name="Gaffey1998"/>{{rp|1282}}