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Can a pendulum vibrate in an artificial satellite.

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No, this is because inside the satelite there is no gravity efficietnn i.e. `g=0`. As `t=2pisqrt(l//g)` hence `t=oo` for `g=0`. Thus the pendulum will not vibrate.
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