Three or more isolated elastic point mass in the universe

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hai friends,
i would like to know what would happen to three isolated point separated by infinite distance are attracted by gravity after collision? similary for four , five and so on... number of isolated masses?
 
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shivakumar06 said:
hai friends,
i would like to know what would happen to three isolated point separated by infinite distance are attracted by gravity after collision? similary for four , five and so on... number of isolated masses?

Assuming that "infinite distance" is not infinite and that the collision is irrelevant, Google for "three body problem".