Who first published a thorough analysis of centripetal acceleration?
AHelmholtz
BHuygens
CHerschel
DHamilton
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Huygens
1. The analysis appeared before Newton published his own.
2. It was first published by Christiaan Huygens.
3. Newton probably knew it some years earlier.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Ch 4 'Motion in a Plane'_
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