Does Pendulum has angel due to earth rotation?
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Does Pendulum has angel due to earth rotation?
Are you referring to Foucault's Pendulum?
See: Foucault pendulum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yes! You are correct. As the pendulum swings the earth is rotating underneath it causing its trajectory to change. It is called Coriolis Force and there are a number of ways it can be observed including this one. Jean Foucault wrote about this in the mid 1800's, he led an experiment that involved hanging a large pendulum from the Pantheon and observing the change in direction as it swung throughout the day.
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