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Gravity, but the pendulum does not keep going. Each swing is a tiny bit shorter than the previous one.
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What provides the centripetal force that keeps the motion of a pendulum oscillation?
Could be the tension in the string from which it hangs.
Does force affect a pendulum?
A pendulum is affected by the force of gravity.
What is the purpose of a pendulum in pendulum clocks?
The purpose of a pendulum in a pendulum clock is that it uses its weight as a way to keep accurate and precise time. When it swings back and forth the weight keeps it going at the same time every time making for more accurate timekeeping.
What makes a pendulum swing back and fourth?
The pull of earth's gravity causes the motion on the downswing, while momentum keeps it going on the upswing.
What is the torque acting on the pendulum of length L inclined at an angle?
The pendulum frequency is dependent upon the length of the pendulum. The torque is the turning force of the pendulum.
What provides the centripetal force that keeps the motion of a pendulum oscillation?
Could be the tension in the string from which it hangs.
What keeps a foucault pendulum moving?
The rotation of the earth keeps a foucault pendulum moving
Does force affect a pendulum?
A pendulum is affected by the force of gravity.
What is the purpose of a pendulum in pendulum clocks?
The purpose of a pendulum in a pendulum clock is that it uses its weight as a way to keep accurate and precise time. When it swings back and forth the weight keeps it going at the same time every time making for more accurate timekeeping.
Does the pendulum affected by a force?
no force does not effect the pendulum as it depends upon the oscillations.
What fundemental force keeps the earth in the sun?
You mean 'keeps in the orbit of the sun? Gravitational force of attraction keeps the earth going around the sun.
Explain why an object cannot keep accelerating?
what your talking about is terminal velocity, which is when the downward force of gravity (Fg)equals the upward force of drag (Fd). This causes the net force on the object to be zero, resulting in an acceleration of zero
What force keeps planets and moons going in orbits?
The force of gravity causes orbits.
Is a pendulum an unbalanced force?
a pendulum is not only an unbalanced force it also is a "swinger" that swings in a back and forth motion because of this "force"
What makes a pendulum swing back and fourth?
The pull of earth's gravity causes the motion on the downswing, while momentum keeps it going on the upswing.
What is the torque acting on the pendulum of length L inclined at an angle?
The pendulum frequency is dependent upon the length of the pendulum. The torque is the turning force of the pendulum.
Who was the scientist who explained the force that keeps the planets from going in a straight line out into space?
Newton
