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.
Astronomers have been saying that a planet should have formed between Mars and Jupiter but because of Jupiter's massive gravity disrupted the process, which just left chunks of debris. They also say there are only about 5% left in the asteroid belt because the other 95% has been flung out of orbit by Jupiter.