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How is spinning motion formed?
Example of spinning motion is motion of a moving spinning top. Spinning motion takes place when an object rotates around its own center of mass. Spinning motion is also called rotational motion.
One example where the object is in a circular motion and also spinning motion is the motion of earth as it rotates around its own axis as well as rotating around the sun in a circular motion. Spinning is like earth when it moves around its own axis while it continues to revolve around the sun which is a circular motion.

For a moving body in a circular motion, there is centripetal force acting towards the centre of the circle which is given by the following formula.
F= m . v2/r

Where m is the mass of the body, r is the radius of the circle and v is its linear velocity.

In the case of an object rotating about its own center of mass, there is an angular momentum governed by Newton’s laws of rotation.


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