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On the moon acceleration due to gravity is 1/6th of Earth and Time Period is inversely proportional to under-root of acceleration due to gravity therefore pendulum will oscillate faster on moon and will not come to rest due to absence of air
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∙ 13y agoThe object, regardless of its mass, will be accelerated toward the center of the Moon at a rate of about 1.62 meters per second per second, until it makes contact with the lunar surface. There it might bounce a few times, depending on its other physical properties. It would then come to rest on the Moon's surface. If it were dropped from a height of several meters, it might even leave a small impact crater.
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∙ 9y agoA simple pendulum works based on inertia and gravity. If set on the moon, it would likely work much slower, but still work as intended.
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Differences between compound pendulum and simple pendulum?
Compound pendulum is a physical pendulum whereas a simple pendulum is ideal pendulum. The difference is that in simple pendulum centre of mass and centre of oscillation are at the same distance.
What happen to the time period if its lenght of the pendulum is changed?
If the length of a pendulum is increased, the pendulum will take longer to complete a swing, and the clock will slow down. Shortening the pendulum will speed up the clock.
Can friction decrease motion?
Yes. If you take a pendulum and set it swinging it's friction of the pendulum against the air, and internal friction in the line that will eventually slow the pendulum down.
What is the scientific theory of a pendulum?
The theory of a simple pendulum refers to a relatively huge object hanging vertically by a string from a fixed place and moving in a back and forth motion when displaced. The movement of the huge object or pendulum bob is repetitive and regular.
What is special about pendulum swing?
No matter how high you set a pendulum, the amount of time for it to take one arc (maximum to maximum) will always remain the same.
Differences between compound pendulum and simple pendulum?
Compound pendulum is a physical pendulum whereas a simple pendulum is ideal pendulum. The difference is that in simple pendulum centre of mass and centre of oscillation are at the same distance.
What happen to the time period if its lenght of the pendulum is changed?
If the length of a pendulum is increased, the pendulum will take longer to complete a swing, and the clock will slow down. Shortening the pendulum will speed up the clock.
What are the disadvantages of simple pendulum?
The simple pendulum model does not take into account some factors that affect actual pendulums. It is a close approximation in many cases. The formulas are much simpler than the formulas for the actual motion of the pendulum. That's why it's called simple. But if the 'swinging angle' is too large the simpler formulas are no longer accurate. Also if the rod, which the pendulum is suspended on, has too large a mass in relation to the pendulum weight, then the simple formulas won't work.
If the length of a pendulum is increased by 4 times whose time period is 2 sec what will happen to the time period?
the longer you make the pendulum arm the longer it will take to perform its swing,the same thing would happen if you only increased the weight on the end of the arm.
When do solar eclipses take place?
A solar eclipse can only happen at new moon - but they don't happen at every new moon.
How people learned about the far side of the moon?
simple, we sent a satellite to orbit the moon and take pictures
Why you cannot take time period of simple pendulum as a standard time period?
Because length of the pendulum which is equal to distance between the point of suspension and g is the gravitational acceleration and a body repeats its to and fro motion in equal interval of time that's why we cant take standard time period.
What happen after the first man on the moon?
the Russians tried to take the American flag off the moon and blew up on yhe way there.
If pendulum is made to swing in water compare the time taken for this pendulum to come to a complete stop with the time taken by a pendulum swinging in air?
The pendulum will take more time in air to stop completely in comparision with water
Can friction decrease motion?
Yes. If you take a pendulum and set it swinging it's friction of the pendulum against the air, and internal friction in the line that will eventually slow the pendulum down.
What is a pendulum in science?
A pendulum is a piece of string attached to a 20 g mass that if you double the length it will take twice as long to swing.
When is the moon nearest to the earth?
It happens ABOUT once a month. If you take photographs using a telescope and the same magnification factor, it's fairly obvious. However, because of several factors, it doesn't happen at the same phase of the moon each time, so there's no simple way of answering and the calculations are fairly involved.
