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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current21:00, 18 March 2007Thumbnail for version as of 21:00, 18 March 2007512 × 256 (26 KB)Cleonis (talk | contribs)'''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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