Centrifugal Force ________________________________________ What is a centripetal force?   A centripetal force is a force that supposedly acts on a rotating or revolving object with a direction exactly outward from the center of rotation. Do Centrifugal forces exist?  No. There is also something called the reactive centrifugal force. This is the force on the center point caused by the revolving object. This is very different from what most people think of as the centrifugal force, as is doesn't act on the revolving object. Rather, it is the result of the fact that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.       ______     /              \      <-- This is a circle   /                  \ (                    ()---> F = Centrifugal force   \                  /     \ ______ /