Gravitons/ Gravity passing through objects

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What determines whether the graviton (assuming they exist) gets absorbed or passes through an object?
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I was wondering what determines whether the Graviton(assuming they exist) get absorbed or pass through an object?
 
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We don't yet have an accepted theory about that.
 
The graviton (at least initially) is an idea that stems from applying local quantum field theory techniques to linearized GR. The resulting attempt only provides answers to first order questions. Feynman wrote a book on this subject you might find interesting.
 

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