Imagine an arbitrary point in space. It is within the gravitational 'potential' of every mass (although billions of ly away) in the entire universe.
Since every mass adds a tiny fraction, what is the total gravitational 'potential' energy in this point?
Edit:
Let point masses be located distance ri from the point and have masses mi, then the 'potential' is
Φ=−G∑imiri.
I'm looking for this value averaged over all points in space. How does this depend on the shape of our universe or can we measure it?
- For example gravity on my location is given by 9.81m/s2(earth )+6mm/s2(sun)+200pm/s2(milky way)+?(rest of the universe).
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