%0 Journal Article %T Calculation of Gravitational Potential of an Ellipsoidal Mass of Prolate Shape at Any Point outside the Prolate %J American Journal of Mathematics and Statistics %@ 2162-8475 %D 2012 %I %R 10.5923/j.ajms.20120203.03 %X The present paper deals with obtaining the gravitational potential of an ellipsoidal mass of prolate shape at any point outside it. This will help in understanding the gravitational bending of light due to galaxies of various shapes. %K Gravitational Potential %K Ellipsoidal Mass %U http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.ajms.20120203.03.html