Question: XXX

Date/C: 26-05-2017/5074

Answer:

Yes we can use gausss law for gravitation

Gauss's law for gravity, also known as Gauss's flux theorem for gravity, is a law of
physics that is essentially equivalent to Newton's law of universal gravitation. It is
named after Carl Friedrich Gauss. Although Gauss's law for gravity is equivalent to
Newton's law, there are many situations where Gauss's law for gravity offers a
more convenient and simple way to do a calculation than Newton's law.

The form of Gauss's law for gravity is mathematically similar to Gauss's law for
electrostatics, one of Maxwell's equations. Gauss's law for gravity has the same
mathematical relation to Newton's law that Gauss's law for electricity bears to
Coulomb's law. This is because both Newton's law and Coulomb's law describe
inverse-square interaction in a 3-dimensional space.

The integral form of Gauss's law for gravity states

g.dS 4GM

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