File:Foucault pendulum plane of swing stererograph.gif
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English: The precesssion of the plane of swing of a w:Foucault pendulum located at 30 degrees latitude. The rings represent latitude lines. A full cycle of the animation is one w:sidereal day. In the course of a sidereal day, a Foucault pendulum located at 30 degrees latitude precesses 180 degrees with respect to the Earth.
To see the stereographic effect, the eyes must cross. |
| Date | Created: 18 march 2007 |
| Source | Own work; Images generated with POV-ray ray-tracing software. |
| Author | Cleonis (talk) (Uploads) |
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| current | 21:00, 18 March 2007 | | 512 × 256 (26 KB) | Cleonis | '''Description''': <br/> The precesssion of the plane of swing of a Foucault pendulum located at 30 degrees latitude. The rings represent latitude lines. A full cycle of the animation is one sidereal day. In the course of a sidereal day, a Foucaul |
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