Centrifugal force is a myth NAC

e2e sam at edgetoedge.co.nz
Thu Mar 14 09:52:07 EST 2002


Just a bit of idle physics.. There is no such thing as centrifugal force,
all an object does (whether stationary or in motion) is resist change. If
you twirl a weight round and round on a length of string, you describe the
pull you feel as centrifugal force pulling outwards, but if you let go of
said string the weight does not go out at all, merely straight ahead.
Centripetal force, on the other hand, is real it's what is pulling the
weight off of it's straight line round in a circle and disappears the moment
you let go.
--
Sam Clarkson




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