Is the tangential acceleration of any point on Earth always 0?

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Using normal and tangential coord the the tangential acceleration of any point on Earth is 0, correct?
 
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Normal and tengential, coord? I don't quite know what you mean by that, but you are right that since the Earth spins with a constant velocity, there will be no tangential acceleration.