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English: Stereographic image of a sphere with a great circle that it tangent to the latitude of 30 degrees North. The blue line represents a half-swing of a Foucault pendulum, the half-swing when the pendulum swings in east-to-west direction. When the pendulum swing starts tangent to the latitude line, it proceeds towards the nearest pole. This proves that the swing of the pendulum bob is not inertial motion. Inertial motion along the surface of a sphere follows a great circle.
Date Created: 28 march 2007
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Author Cleonis (talk) (Uploads)

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current22:07, 28 March 2007Thumbnail for version as of 22:07, 28 March 2007512 × 256 (13 KB)Cleonis'''Description:''' <br/> Stereographic image of a sphere with a great circle that it tangent to the latitude of 30 degrees North. The blue line represents a half-swing of a Foucault pendulum, the half-swing when the pendulum swings in east-to-west directi

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