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.
Most of these objects, called planetoids or asteroids â meaning star-like â orbit between Mars and Jupiter in a grouping known as the Main Asteroid Belt.