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Mark C.
Jul 18, 2017

It's the acceleration towards the centre of the circle.

Explanation:

For example in the case of the Earth rotating around the Sun, it is the force of gravity which provides the centripetal acceleration. Otherwise we would travel in a straight line at a tangent to the orbit.

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