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Uniform Circular Motion

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Asatellite goes around the earth in circular orbit with constant speed. Identity the type of motion. Is this motion accelerated? why?

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The satellite moving around the Earth is undergoing an accelerated motion because its continuously being acted upon by a force, gravitational in nature, which manifests itself as centripetal force. The force as well as acceleration acts radially inwards, towards the center of the orbit. This causes it to move in a circle.

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