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The diagram showing the variation of gravitational potential of earth with distance from the center of earth is
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$V_{\text{in}} = \frac{-Gm}{2R} \left[ 3 - \left(\frac{r}{R}\right)^2 \right], \quad V_{\text{surface}} = \frac{-GM}{R}, \quad V_{\text{out}} = \frac{-GM}{r}$
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