Why don't we feel the centrifugal force of Earth's revolution around the sun?

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[–]weavilsatemyface 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Why don't we feel the centrifugal force of Earth's revolution around the sun?

You don't feel the force of the earth's rotation because it is way too small to notice. The force of the Earth's rotation around the sun would be hundreds of times smaller.

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This is the correct answer. I bit the bullet and calculated it and it is less than 1/100 m/s*s.

Still cool that it means that g in the far side of earth is slightly smaller.