A couple of commenters expressed concern over the use of centrifugal force after my rant on the use of the word force. So, what is the deal with these two terms? Are they ok to use? Are they real ...

An object traveling in a circle, even at constant speed, is accelerating. That's because its direction is constantly changing to point to the center of An object traveling in a circle, even at ...

It's odd that I have talked about these forces so much. First, I talked about how centrifugal forces were not real and the difference between centrifugal and centripetal forces. Then I talked about ...