In general, the farther away from the Sun, the greater the distance from one planets orbit to the next.  Having read the above passage, choose the right answer to the following question (choices are smaller or larger? ):   Compared to the distance between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn, which are far away from the sun, is it more likely that the distance between the orbits of Mercury and Venus, which are closer to the sun than Jupiter and Saturn, are smaller or larger??
A:
smaller