Variable G-pendulum
Catalog # 765-1166
Supplier: PHYWE
Specifications
- Description:Variable G-pendulum
- Pk:1
Specifications
About this item
This experiment shows how fast a vertical pendulum would swing, if it was placed on a foreign celestial body e.g. the moon or March. Phywe's variable g-pendulum can change the plane of oscillation from the vertical, a=0°, up to the horizontal plane, ie a=90°. When a=0°, g acts at full force. If the plane of oscillation is not parallel to the vertical, only g × cos a acts on the pendulum motion. A movement to the moon shows that gravity amounts to about 16.6% of the earth's, which in our pendulum on the earth, corresponds to an angle α=80.5°. The force of attraction in March amounts to 38% of the earth, which can be simulated in the g-pendulum by setting a= 69°.