Just pressure, passed"Melons mechanics" is word salad. You should have just said it puts an inwards pressure on the melon.
Pressure. Just pressure.
Maybe, maybe not, I can not see a difference personally in the bands force been equal to inward pressure.You are getting too many levels of forces involved! Next we will be talking about atomic and nuclear charges.
Gravity is a centripetal force and it does result in an increasing pressure toward the center of a gravitationally significant mass. But the pressure in that instance is not itself a centripetal force.
On that note , I have to spend time with my family, it is that time of year where the fallacy of Santa costs families lots of money, and gives the already rich , even more riches, Happy festive season to the rich people.
I thank you for the great conversation members in this thread.