The orbits of lie closer to the sun than does earth's orbit.

Mercury and Venus lie closer to Sun than position of Earth

Explanation:

As we know that all planets around the sun in the range of their distance can be arranged as following:

1). Mercury.

2). Venus.

3). Earth.

4). Mars.

5). Jupiter.

6). Saturn.

7). Uranus.

8). Neptune.

Since Earth lie at 3rd position from sun so two closer planets are Mercury and Venus

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