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Not the OP, but I think I know what wongarsu is referring to. In order to make an object turn, it needs to experience an centripetal acceleration (towards the
by ivansavz 2y ago
Not the OP, but I think I know what wongarsu is referring to.
In order to make an object turn, it needs to experience an centripetal acceleration (towards the centre of rotation). This is the force causing objects to change trajectory.
If there is another object inside the turning object (like clothes inside a washer, or a person inside a car) they will "feel" like they are being flug out as if a centrifugal force existed, but actually that is just the effect of Newton's first law: the natural tendency of every moving body is to continue to move in a straight line, so when the containing object is changing direction (due to the centripetal force), Newton's first law tends to push you outwards.
All of the above is from the static (world) frame of reference.
It is also possible to put a coordinate system on the rotating object, in which case something like a centrifugal force will exit, but we kind of created it by choosing an accelerating reference frame, so it's not real. Sometimes called a pseudoforce.