What is the direction of the centripetal force when applied to an object? the direction opposite to the object’s velocity the same direction as the object’s velocity perpendicular to an object’s motion parallel with an object’s motion

The direction of centripetal force when applied to an object is perpendicular to the object's motion.

Centripetal force, or even net force, will always be in the direction of acceleration. For example, the earth is always accelerating towards the sun. The acceleration vector for planet earth is always in the direction of the sun and the velocity is perpendicular to that, hence why we are not getting closer to the sun. Hope this helps.

perpendicular to an object’s motion hope this helps best of luck :)