While Venus is seen only for one to two hours either after sunset or before sunrise, Jupiter is seen for the whole night whenever it is visible in the sky. The reason for this is that ________

• A. enus is much smaller than Jupiter
• B. enus is much closer to the earth than Jupiter
• C. he orbit of Venus is inside the earth's orbit whereas the orbit of Jupiter lies outside the orbit of the earth
• D. enus reflects lesser amount of sunlight than Jupiter