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Yes, and just *where* is that potential energy located? That is the
crucial point here. The quantity we call "gravitational potential
energy" is really an expression which does the accounting for only
a part of the energy of the system which includes the Earth. In the
exact expression
GmM
U = - -----
r
it is easily seen that both masses enter symmetrically.