1 Coat of Arms: The upper right quarter shows a crossed sword and gun, symbols of the liberation from Spain and Colombia. 2  The agricultural tools in the upper left quarter symbolise the tools used for making the Panama canal.
Most asteroids orbit the sun within a broad belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter: the asteroid belt. Millions of asteroids are under 0.6 mile (1 kilometer) in diameter, but there are many that are larger.
1 Some asteroids have moons of their own! 2  Most asteroids orbit the Sun in the Asteroid Belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter. 3  Asteroids are also referred to as minor planets or planetoids.ost of them orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, although there are groups of them that orbit closer. Asteroids come in three composition classes. C-types (chondrites) are made of clay and silicate rocks.