centripetal acceleration: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	normal acceleration

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A woman stands holding a string above her head, swinging a bucket in a circular motion, illustrating centripetal force acting on the bucket as it moves along a curved path.

Diagram showing the Sun at the center with the Earth orbiting around it. Arrows indicate the gravitational force pulling Earth toward the Sun and the centripetal acceleration, while another arrow shows Earth's instantaneous velocity tangent to its orbit.

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