Explain Centripetal acceleration

Let us study about centripetal acceleration,

Property of the motion of an object traveling in a circular path. Centripetal describes the force on the object, directed toward the centre of the circle, which causes a constant change in the object's direction and thus its acceleration. The magnitude of centripetal acceleration a is equal to the square of the object's velocity v along the curved path divided by the object's distance r from the centre of the circle, or a = v2/r.

The radial component of the acceleration of a particle or object moving around a circle, which can be shown to be directed toward the center of the circle. Also known as radial acceleration.

The gravitational acceleration at earth's surface is 9.8 m/s/s. The centripetal acceleration on earth's surface at
the equator is 0.006 m/s/s. At earth's equator the gravitational force and the centripetal force are both in the same vertical direction. However, at other places on earth's surface the centripetal force is at an angle equal to a place's latitude, and the centripetal force is reduced due to reduced distance to the axis of earth's rotation. One would deduce that at these places there's a horizontal component of centripetal force, that would cause a person to lean slightly toward earth's pole to maintain his or her balance.
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