What furnishes the centripetal force required to keep a satellite circling the earth?
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The necessary centripetal force for the earth to revolve around the sun is provided by the gravitational force between the sun and the earth.
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Gravitational attraction provides the centripetal force needed to keep a planet in orbit around the Sun, and a satellite in orbit around a planet. ... An object moving in a circular orbit at a constant speed has a changing velocity.
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