How far from Earth must a body be along a line towards the Sun so that sun's gravitational pull on it balances that of Earth. Distance between Sun and Earth's center is 1.5*1010km. Mass of Sun is 3.24*105times mass of Earth.

Considering FS be the Gravitational force on the earth by the sun while  FE be the gravitational pull by the earth on the sun. And

 

Let r be the distance between the body and the centre of the Earth such that FS = FE.

GMsm/rs2 = GMem/re2

On substituting the given values we can get the desired result 

r = 2.61 × 108 m

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