centripetal acceleration

Property of the motion of an object traveling in a circular path. Centripetal describes the force on the object, directed toward the centre of the circle, which causes a constant change in the object's direction and thus its acceleration. The magnitude of centripetal acceleration math.a is equal to the square of the object's velocity math.v along the curved path divided by the object's distance math.r from the centre of the circle, or math.a = math.v²/math.r.

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