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Leon.g Leon.g
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11 years ago
"Is the centripetal acceleration of Mars in its orbit around the Sun larger or smaller than the centripetal acceleration of the Earth?"
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11 years ago
Centripital force does not exist.
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11 years ago
The centripedal force (yes I know it's really inertial force, no need for nit picking) of an orbiting body exacly balances the gravitational force exterted on it.  Since Mars is farther from the earth than the sun, the gravitational force acting on it is less.  Therefore its centripedal force is equally less.
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