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When an object moves in a circle at a constant speed its velocity (which is a vector) is constantly changing. Its velocity is changing not because the magnitude of the velocity is changing but because its direction is. This constantly changing velocity means that the object is accelerating ( centripetal acceleration ).  For this acceleration to happen there must be a resultant force, this force is called the centripetal force .

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