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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 seeking."
A person at rest on the surface of the Earth is being acted upon by a centripetal force (toward the center of the Earth, that is, down) which is exactly equal and opposite to the spring force of the Earth's matter pushing up. Thus, in this case, the centripetal force is balanced.
The previous answer (below) is generally incorrect.
No,because when a body revolves round an orbit,its CENTRIPETAL force is balanced by the WEIGHT of the body!thank you!!
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoNeither. "Centripetal" means "seeking the center" or "directed toward the center". For example, the force on a satellite circling the Earth is centripetal because it is directed toward the Earth, which is at the center of the satellite's orbit.
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Two types of unbalanced forces and what a balanced force is?
If the resultant of all the forces acting on a body is zero, the forces are called balanced forces. 2 types of unbalanced forces are naet force and resultant force.
Centripetal forces are forces of?
Centripetal force is that which bind you toward the center when you are tilted at turning.
What is the formula to find centripetal force?
Centripetal force is always directed towards the center of the circle of motion that an object is traveling in.
What factors are true about centripetal force?
Centripetal force is a force that is required to exist to have a circular motion. Thus the centripetal force can be any force that is able to accomplish this task. Examples of centripetal forces are the gravitational force, the electromagnetic force, the frictional force, or the constraint forces. The centripetal force depends on the system that is involved in be in a spin of a rigid body, or of a planetary motion, etc. Each particular system that requires a rotation or a spin needs to have a corresponding centripetal force.
How do they affect the centripetal force?
If an object moves in a circle, the centripetal acceleration can be calculated as speed squared divided by the radius. The centripetal force, of course, is calculated with Newton's Second Law: force = mass x acceleration. Therefore, the centripetal force will be equal to mass x speed2 / radius.
Are planets held in orbit by balanced unbalanced centrifugal or centripetal force?
-- If all the forces on a planet were balanced, then the planet would move in a straight line with constant speed, not in a curved path. So the forces on it must be unbalanced. -- That's easy to understand when you consider that there's only one force on the planet ... the force of gravity that attracts it toward the sun. That force is a centripetal one.
What happens when forces are balanced and unbalanced?
balanced = no movement of the object unbalanced = the object moves
Are the forces on a car unbalanced or balanced?
balanced
What is the difference between a balanced transformer and an unbalanced transformer?
there is nothing like a balanced and unbalanced transformer.
Pictures of balanced and unbalanced forces?
this is unbalanced forces.
What does it mean ill-balanced pleaseeeeeeeeee?
There is no such word as ill-balanced. I presume you mean unbalanced which means some who is erratic, unsound, not stable, physically or mentally
What does a unbalanced force cause that a balanced force doesnt?
There is no such thing as "a balanced force" or "a unbalanced force". Only a group of two or more forces can be balanced or unbalanced. An unbalanced group of forces acting on an object causes accelerated motion of the object. A balanced group of forces doesn't.
What kind of force create movement balanced or unbalanced?
unbalanced
If you push a box until it moves is it unbalanced or balanced?
Unbalanced
Are the forces on a penny balanced or unbalanced and why?
If the penny isn't accelerating in some way, the forces are balanced. If it is, then they're unbalanced.
Is inertia balanced or unbalanced force?
-- "Inertia" is not a force. -- There is no such thing as a single balanced force or a single unbalanced force.
Is lift an unbalanced force or a balanced force?
Lift can be a balanced force or an unbalanced force. If it is balanced, the airplane will remain at the same altitude. If it is unbalanced, the plane will either rise or fall depending upon the direction of the imbalance.
