Image:Foucault pendulum precession2.png
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Illustration for Foucault pendulum article.
Precession (with respect to the Earth) of the plane of swing of a pendulum. (Pendulum located on the Northern hemisphere) Pattern of swing with a ratio of 22 swings to complete a precession cycle. Only eleven swings are visible, because the second eleven trace exactly the same path as the first eleven. A normal Foucault pendulum complets several thousand swings in the course of completing a full precession cycle. This image shows the precession in exaggerated form, to emphasize certain properties.
Created: 26 april 2006
Newer version uploaded 1 april 2007
Author: Cleonis
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- (del) (cur) 17:32, 1 April 2007 . . Cleonis (Talk | contribs) . . 256×256 (14,389 bytes) (Normal resolution version of the image (256x256 pixels))
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- (del) (rev) 01:57, 26 April 2006 . . Cleonis (Talk | contribs) . . 256×256 (10,030 bytes) ('''Description:'''<br> Illustration for Foucault pendulum article.<br> Precession (with respect to the Earth) of the plane of swing of a pendulum. (Pendulum located on the Northern hemisphere) Eight successive swings, with the precession very much exa)
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