Answer:
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