Gravitational Flux: Does Gauss Law Apply?

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Does the gravitational flux has the form (4*(pi)*G)*m through a closed surface?
The reason i feel feel this is because there is a parallelism between gravitation and electrostatics. The electrostatic force has the same expression as gravitational force and even the two shell theorems are valid in both the cases. Does this imply the validity of Gauss law in gravitation also?
 

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Garvit Goel said:
Does the gravitational flux has the form (4*(pi)*G)*m through a closed surface?
Yes. (Except that you'll need a minus sign, since gravity is attractive.)
The reason i feel feel this is because there is a parallelism between gravitation and electrostatics. The electrostatic force has the same expression as gravitational force and even the two shell theorems are valid in both the cases. Does this imply the validity of Gauss law in gravitation also?
Absolutely. See: "[URL law for gravity[/URL]
 
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