Table of Contents
- 1 What happens to the time period of a simple pendulum when it is taken from earth to the moon?
- 2 Can a pendulum clock be used in an earth satellite?
- 3 How does air pressure affect a pendulum?
- 4 What would happen if you swing a pendulum on the moon?
- 5 What affects a pendulum?
- 6 How does gravity affect a pendulum clock?
- 7 What happens when you move a clock to the equator?
What happens to the time period of a simple pendulum when it is taken from earth to the moon?
Answer: When the pendulum is taken to the moon, the value of ‘g’ will decrease and hence time period will increase. As the pendulum takes more time to complete one vibration, it will lose time.
Can a pendulum clock be used in an earth satellite?
In an earth satellite the net acceleration due to the gravity is zero so the bob of the pendulum will be weightless and it will not oscillate. Thus the pendulum clock cannot be used in an earth satellite.
Why pendulum of clock never stops?
If there were no friction or drag (air resistance), a pendulum would keep on moving forever. In reality, each swing sees friction and drag steal a bit more energy from the pendulum and it gradually comes to a halt. But even as it slows down, it keeps time.
How does air pressure affect a pendulum?
Depending on geographic location and the density of the pendulum materials, air pressure variations can cause roughly 2-18 seconds of error in a clock in a year’s time interval. This is because the pendulum ‘floats’ in a sea of air, and variations in the air pressure make the pendulum slow down or speed up.
What would happen if you swing a pendulum on the moon?
(The force of gravity is less on the moon than on the Earth. Since the force of gravity is less on the Moon, the pendulum would swing slower at the same length and angle and its frequency would be less.)
Who invented pendulum clock?
Christiaan Huygens
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What affects a pendulum?
The only things that affect the period of a simple pendulum are its length and the acceleration due to gravity. The period is completely independent of other factors, such as mass. If the length of a pendulum is precisely known, it can actually be used to measure the acceleration due to gravity.
How does gravity affect a pendulum clock?
Pendulum clocks rely on gravity to regulate at a constant rate. Gravity on our globe is not uniform… Moving a clock from sea level at a poll to sea level at the equator will encounter a change in gravity because the earth is not a true sphere and it also rotates.
When a simple pendulum is taken from equator to pole?
>> When a simple pendulum is t… where l is the length of the pendulum and g is the acceleration due to gravity. Thus time period of simple pendulum decreases when it is taken from equator to pole. Was this answer helpful? What natural phenomena could serve as alternative time standards?
What happens when you move a clock to the equator?
Moving a clock from sea level at a poll to sea level at the equator will encounter a change in gravity because the earth is not a true sphere and it also rotates. In addition there other motion changes related to the rotation of the earth. Even the notion of sea level is challenged…
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