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Which of the planets is not located between the Sun and the asteroid belt?


A

Jupiter

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B

Mars

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C

Earth

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D

Venus

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Solution

The correct option is A

Jupiter


Explanation for the correct option

  1. The Asteroid belt is the circumstellar ring of asteroids located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
  2. Asteroid belt is formed out of cosmic dust grains as planetesimals during the evolution of solar system 4.5 billion years ago.
  3. There are a lot of asteroids present in the solar system but most of the asteroids live in the main asteroid belt which is the region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
  4. Therefore the plantes between Sun and the asteroid belt are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.

Thus the planet Jupiter is not located between the Sun and the Asteroid belt.

Explanation for incorrect options

The Asteroid belt is the circumstellar ring of asteroids located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Therefore between sun and the asteroid belt there are planets namely Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.

Thus options (B), (C) and (D) are incorrect.

Hence the correct option is option(A) i.e. Jupiter.


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