What keeps each of these orbits happening rather than having us go travelling off away from the sun, is something called centripetal force. TIM PEAKE:And for an explanation of what that is ...

The project then zooms out to examine the inflows and outflows of capital, reconceptualising these flows as the product of centripetal and/or centrifugal forces to better understand the outcomes of ...

Gravitational attraction provides the centripetal force needed to keep a planet in orbit around the Sun, and a satellite in orbit around a planet. For example, gravitational attraction between the ...