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Published on: September 13, 2026
Radius of moon is 
times that of earth and mass is 
times that of earth. The point at which gravitational field due to earth becomes equal and opposite to that of moon, is (Distance between centres of earth and moon is 60 R , where R is radius of earth)
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from centre of earth.
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