Is gravitational influence instantaneous when masses move?

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Is the change in the effect of gravity when a mass moves towards or away from another instantaneous?
 

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Einstein's Cat said:
Is the change in the effect of gravity when a mass moves towards or away from another instantaneous?
No, it propagates at c.
 

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