Is Centripetal Acceleration Constant in Uniform Circular Motion?

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tms said:
You mean a constant velocity.
No , sorry , that's not what I meant . See my edited post .
 
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Qwertywerty said:
Edit : If an object's velocity is changing in the sense that it's direction changes but not it's magnitude , then force is not affecting the speed of the object - because magnitude of velocity isn't changing in that case , only it's direction is .
yes that's true but in places like planetary motion
here in the string example there is gravitation of Earth and to balance it u need a constantly applied force
thats what i am talking about
 
Suppose the object is kept on a table . Then , in that case , normal cancels gravitational force .
If it is a vertical circular motion , analysis is not so simple .
faiziqb12 said:
here in the string example there is gravitation of Earth and to balance it u need a constantly applied force
thats what i am talking about
I'm sorry , is this what you have been talking about this whole time ?
 
maybe u still don't understand my question
 
Okay , could you please repeat your question ? Also state exactly what kind of circular motion the object is doing .
 
my question is
a body is in a uniform circular motion on Earth
it means that we balanced all the unbalanced forces acting on it to create a uniform velocity
so how much is the force we applied to balance the forces?
 
On the surface , or in the air ? You mean , uniform speed ?
Also , it's to a string and the only other force is the force of gravity ?
 
Qwertywerty said:
On the surface , or in the air ? You mean , uniform speed ?
Also , it's to a string and the only other force is the force of gravity ?

its in the air
and you i meant uniform speed
i never said there's only these two forces

leave it i understood all of it
now i just need this part of the question be answered
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/the-beginning-of-everything.826753/