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But it must be gradually... yes? But this and packed with a friend's explanation made me understand the concept I think. Thank you two.

Yes that is true. My thoughts are still blurry as I said so I have trouble asking questions about something which I don't even know what it is. I understand there has to be an acceleration to keep it a circular orbit. But I'm still confused about the rest of my questions. Then the...

I'm having trouble grasping the concept of centripetal acceleration on circular motion. I understand angular velocity. From there what my books gives me is the centripetal accel formula. a[SIZE="1"]c=(v^2)/R I don't notice any acceleration in a circular motion. Nothing's accelerating. What...