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fnot t1_j283urq wrote

Reply to comment by Aseyhe in How fast does the Milky Way spin? How far does Earth move through space in a year? by Sabre-Tooth-Monkey

How come we don’t experience any centripetal force from the motion of the solar system/earth around the Milky way center?

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Aseyhe t1_j284glz wrote

The central gravitational force and the centrifugal force cancel exactly. The same principle applies for any orbit/free fall motion, for example our orbit about the sun, or a spacecraft's orbit about the earth.

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