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State the Gravitational field intensity due to many point masses.

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We can obtain net gravitational field intensity as the vector sum of field intensities due to each point mass. If i-th source mass produces field intensity vector gi, then net field due to i = 1 to N point masses is given by

where the integration covers the whole body.

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