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Circular Motion Calculator
Find centripetal acceleration, angular speed and orbital period for an object moving steadily around a circular path at constant speed.
a = vยฒ รท r
An object circling at steady speed still accelerates toward the centre, with the size set by speed squared over radius.
Centripetal acceleration
โ m/sยฒ
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