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Small pieces of rocks between orbits of Mars And jupiter are termed as ________

A

Meteors

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Comets

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C

Asteroids

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is C Asteroids
The group of small pieces of rock revolving round the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called asteroids.

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