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At what height above the earth's surface the acceleration due to gravity will be 1/9 th of its value at the earth’s surface? Radius of earth is 6400 km.

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Acceleration due to gravity at height h is `g'=g/((1+h/R_(e))^(2))=g/9 implies (1+h/R_(e))=3 implies h=2 R_(e)=128000` km.
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