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How can you calculate centripetal acceleration in a non circular system(I.E. if wanted to calculate the centripetal acceleration in an eclipse, or a parabola how could I do that?)
How to calculate centripetal acceleration in non-circular systems?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centripetal_force#General_planar_motionDr. Surgery said:How can you calculate centripetal acceleration in a non circular system(I.E. if wanted to calculate the centripetal acceleration in an eclipse, or a parabola how could I do that?)
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