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the two large masses beyond the smaller of the two. Here, the combined gravitational forces of the two large masses balance the centrifugal force on a body at . On the opposite side of Earth from the Sun, the orbital period of an object would normally be greater than Earth's. The extra pull of Earth's gravity decreases the object's orbital period, and at the point, that orbital period becomes equal to Earth's. Like L₁, L₂ is about 1.5 million kilometers or 0.01 au from Earth

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