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Hear, hear! It is a common misconception that there is a "centripetal
In fact, many of us also object to the term 'centripetal' force on the
pedagogical grounds that students come to think that there is such a thing
in nature called the centripetal force. You will get free-body diagrams
with a force labeled Centripetal Force. I try to talk about the centripetal
acceleration and the need to identify the force or forces that produce the
centripetal acceleration.