Gravity bending due to another Gravitational Source

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Gravity does not bend in the same way that light does around a gravitational source, as gravity is a static field rather than a wave. While gravitational fields can interact, the gravitational pull from an object like the Sun remains constant regardless of the position of other objects, such as Earth. A satellite in low Earth orbit will experience the combined gravitational forces of both the Earth and the Sun, even when shielded by the Earth. The concept of gravitational radiation is relevant when discussing dynamic changes in gravitational fields, but this does not apply to static fields. Overall, the interaction between gravity and other gravitational sources does not involve bending in the same manner as light.
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Does the effect of Gravity get bent like light around another gravitational source? If the object is close enough to the Earth does the Earth's gravitational force bent the Moon's or even the Sun's gravitational effect on that object before that "line of sight" event occurs. As Einstein's General Relativity was proven in 1919 with an solar eclipse of the Sun, light bents with a gravitational source why can't gravity.

Will a Satellite around Earth in Low Earth Orbit feel the Gravitational pull before passing from the protection of the Earth's Umbria or will it feel nothing until the Sun is directly in front of it? If so is there any mathematical evaluation of this occurrance?
 
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Philosophaie said:
Does the effect of Gravity get bent like light around another gravitational source?
It doesn't make sense to describe a static gravitational field as being deflected by other objects (since deflection implies motion). A gravitational field that is changing in the right ways will produce gravitational radiation which (as long as they are sufficiently small in energy density and the deflecting object's gravity is not too strong at the point of closest approach) is deflected the same way as light.
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Will a Satellite around Earth in Low Earth Orbit feel the Gravitational pull before passing from the protection of the Earth's Umbria or will it feel nothing until the Sun is directly in front of it?
The static gravitational field of an object (such as that from the Sun that causes the Earth to orbit it) is not blocked by anything. When a satellite passes behind the Earth wrt the Sun the gravitational force on it is still the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_sum#Addition_and_subtraction" of the forces from the Earth and Sun. Note: considering gravity to be a vector force is only valid in the Newtonian approximation, gravitational waves require general relativity and do not exist in Newtonian gravity.
 
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