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  • Planets and Asteroids: Which Orbit the Sun Closest?
    This is a bit of a trick question! Here's why:

    * Asteroids live in the asteroid belt. This belt lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

    * Planets that orbit closer to the Sun than the asteroid belt are:

    * Mercury

    * Venus

    * Earth

    * Mars

    So, all the planets closer to the Sun than the asteroid belt *also* have orbits that are closer to the Sun than asteroids.

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