Uploaded February 2008 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Name: Centripetal Acceleration @mrg3
Uploaded: 2008-02-06T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: This animation shows centripetal acceleration as a limit of successive bounces off of a wall, each bounce gives a push towards the center of the circle.