If we allow for a planet with a thick atmosphere and a strong greenhouse effect, the outer boundary of the Sun's habitable zone would be
A) at exactly the current orbital distance of Mars
B) well beyond the orbital distance of Mars
C) roughly halfway between the orbits of the Earth and Mars
D) just inside the orbit of Mars
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