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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Mechanics_and_Relativity_(Idema)/06%3A_General_Planar_Motion/6.03%3A_Motion_Under_the_Action_of_a_Central_Force
      A central force is a force that points along the (positive or negative) radial direction \(\boldsymbol{\hat{r}}\), and whose magnitude depends only on the distance r to the origin - so \(\boldsymbol{F...A central force is a force that points along the (positive or negative) radial direction \(\boldsymbol{\hat{r}}\), and whose magnitude depends only on the distance r to the origin - so \(\boldsymbol{F}(\boldsymbol{r})=F(r) \hat{\boldsymbol{r}}\).

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