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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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current	17:32, 1 April 2007	256×256 (14 KB)	Cleonis (Talk \| contribs)	(Normal resolution version of the image (256x256 pixels))
	17:30, 1 April 2007	1,024×1,024 (24 KB)	Cleonis (Talk \| contribs)	(Higher resolution version (1024x1024 pixels) of the image.)
	01:57, 26 April 2006	256×256 (10 KB)	Cleonis (Talk \| contribs)	('''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)