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The Earth moves in a nearly perfect circle around the Sun. Assume the speed stays constant. Is the Earth accelerating or not?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration
The Earth orbits the Sun due to gravitational acceleration, so yes.
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