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Centrifugal force is an inertial (pseudo or fictious) force used in a non-inertial frame of reference in order to apply the Newton's laws of motion. If your question is about centripetal force, which is a real force that points towards the center of a circular trajectory, use the tag "centripetal-force" instead.
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Why do we use the term 'centrifugal force' to calculate net gravitational force?
When an object, orbiting in circular path, experiences the sensation of being thrown outward away from the centre of circle. We often think that an outward force or centrifugal force is responsible fo …