Centrifugal Force

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Scientific Paper
Title Centrifugal Force
Author(s) David Tombe
Keywords centrifugal force
Published 2011
Journal General Science Journal
No. of pages 5

Abstract

Centrifugal force is an inertial force which is a direct consequence of Newton's first law of motion. It arises as a result of the tendency of a body, in the absence of any external forces (apart from the inertial forces), to follow a uniform straight line path. The centrifugal force is best observed in rotating systems such as in a centrifuge or in planetary orbits.