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A student says: a pendulum clock in an orbiting space station runs very fast, because nothing slows its bob. What is wrong?
Physics
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High School (11–12)
Waves & Sound › Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion
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A student says: a pendulum clock in an orbiting space station runs very fast, because nothing slows its bob. What is wrong?
In orbit the bob is weightless, so nothing pulls it back and the pendulum does not swing at all
Nothing: the period is shorter in orbit
The clock runs slow, because g is a little smaller in orbit
The clock keeps the same time, because the period does not depend on g
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