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AEarth and Mars
BVenus and Earth
CSaturn and Uranus
DMars and Jupiter
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Mars and Jupiter
The main belt of asteroids orbits the Sun in the gap between Mars and Jupiter.
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