Can some one explain me Centripetal Force
The Centripetal force is the force which keeps the body move along the axis of rotation and this force is acting always towards the center.
Hi @yadu123 , Suppose you take a stone and tie it with a thread at one end. Now holding the other end you start rotating the stone in a circular fashion. In this situation the stone is held by the thread/string and the string always tries the stone to pull it towards your hand. this force is technically called as the centripetal force. Now you may ask that is a physical contact always needed for centripetal force to act?? The answer is NO ! Another example is the case in which earth revolves around the sun. Here also the gravitational force between sun and earth acts as the centripetal force.
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