Centrifugal and centripetal are two closely related forces that describe circular motion, but the meanings are often mixed up.

Objects moving in a circle will continue following a circular path due to centripetal force! Learn why with this week’s Science Spotlight.

In thinking about centripetal forces, I realized that I could come up with a situation in which the centrifugal force is the centripetal force. This is great. I can end all the confusion between ...

Gravity, which is a centripetal force, pulls the earth toward the sun while centrifugal forces pull it away from the center.

This doesn’t ‘create’ gravity, but it simulates it – which is all that really matters in this case. Basically, as the station rotates, it generates centripetal force.

The proposals involve constructing huge rotating structures that would create the effect of Earth-like gravity through centripetal force.

As you travel around the center of the Ferris wheel, the force of gravity, normal force and centripetal force all are pushing and pulling against you.