The term centripetal acceleration was proposed by:

Huygens

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Kepler

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Newton

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Galileo

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Solution

The correct option is C Newton
Isaac Newton described it as "a force by which bodies are drawn or impelled, or in any way tend, towards a point as to a centre". The centripetal force is directed at right angles to the motion and also along the radius towards the centre of the circular path.

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