How is centripetal accelaration related to centripetal force?

centripital acceleration (a) can be calculated from a = v^2 / r, where v is velocity and r is radius, then centripetal force can be calculated by installing the result inf = m * a, where m = mass.the...

Centripetal force is not very difficult to understand, yet most people make it seem overly complex. Centripetal force is an inward force applied to an object that is in circular motion (uniform...

Centripetal force always points to the center of a circle. Gravity is a centripetal force because it all leads to the center of the Earth. When you throw a baseball on Earth, the baseball won't go...

Velocity is continually changing direction if not speed. This means an orbiting object is accelerating and the direction of acceleration is toward the center. In fact, centripetal means "center...

It can be a number of different forces- it depends on the situation that the centripetal force is acting in.