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How far from earth must a body be along a line towards the sun so that the sun's gravitational pull on it balances that of the earth . Distance between sun and earth's centre is `1.5 xx 10^(10)` km . Mass of the sun is `3.24 xx 10^(5)` times mass of the earth .

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