Uniform Circular Motion
Many -- or even most -- amusement park rides undergo circular motion:
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Highway curves are parts of circles so a car making a turn is undergoing circular motion.
Playground Merry-go-Rounds offer further examples of uniform circular motion:
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Satellites orbiting our Earth -- artificial satellites or our Moon -- have motions that are very nearly uniform circular motion. The planets that orbit our Sun have motions that are very nearly uniform circular motion.
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There are many examples of Circular Motion all around us. (c) 2002, Doug Davis; all rights reserved
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