The celestial bodies which revolve around the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called

Asteroids

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Comets

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Meteors

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Meteorites.

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Solution

The correct option is A Asteroids
Solution: There exists a belt between these two planets called Asteroid belt. Asteroids are also termed as minor planets. Also some bodies revolve around the sun in a fixed orbit, these are bodies between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars. There are three broad classification classes of Asteroids.
Hence, the correct option is (A).

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