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Thanks Nathanael! What I get from your reply is that if it wasn't for gravity, we would in fact be thrown out of the planet. So Earth's gravity is far greater than the Centrifugal force the Earth spin has on us. I was under the idea that gravity was a product of centripetal forces, but it...

Hi all. This is not a homework question, I'm 33 and far away from homework. It is just a personal doubt. I've read a lot about these forces, even some answers from these forums but still can't make something out of them. What I've read: *Centripetal: a force that makes objects attracted to a...