Centripetal force
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title:
Centripetal force
text:
A centripetal force is a force that makes a body follow a curved path. The direction of the centripetal force is always orthogonal to the motion of the body and towards the fixed point of the instantaneous center of curvature of the path. Isaac Newton described it as "a force by which bodies are drawn or impelled, or in any way tend, towards a point as to a centre". In Newtonian mechanics, gravity provides the centripetal force causing astronomical orbits. One common example involving centripeta
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Force directed to the center of rotation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centripetal_force
date created:
2001-12-21T20:07:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T16:20:10Z
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