# Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 2)

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> They feel nothing, therefore they are not accelerating.

What? They are in orbit. They are constantly accelerating. See: [Centripetal Acceleration](https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-physics/chapter/6-2-centripetal-acceleration/)

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