Uniform Circular Motion
Important Questions on Uniform Circular Motion
Earth also moves in circular orbit around sun once every year with an orbital radius of . What is the acceleration of earth (or any object on the surface of the earth) towards the centre of the sun? How does this acceleration compare with

Earth can be thought of as a sphere of radius . Any object (or a person) is performing circular motion around the axis of the earth due to earth's rotation (period day). What is the acceleration of object on the surface of earth (at equator) towards its centre? What is it at latitude ? How does these accelerations compare with ?

A cyclist starts from centre of a circular park of radius and moves along the path OPRQO as shown in the figure. If he maintains the constant speed of ,what is his acceleration at point in magnitude and direction?
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For a particle performing uniform circular motion, choose the correct statement(s) from the following:

