Objects moving along a circular path have a centripetal accelerationprovided by a net force directed towards the center.Identify the force(s) providing the centripetal acceleration ineach of these cases: (a) a planet in circular orbit around itssun; (b) a car going around an unbanked, circular turn; (c) arock tied to a string and swung in a vertical circle, as it passesthrough its highest point; and (d) a dry sock in a clothes dryeras it spins in a horizontal circle.

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Centripetal Force

A particle, body, object or certain mass while travelling in a rotational path or semicircular path, experiences an inertia force. If that inertia force pulls the towards the inward of the imaginary circle in the rotation, it is termed as centripetal force.