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Can a pendulum watch give correct time iin an artifical satellite ?Explain.

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No, in an artifical satellite, the body is in weightlessness state, where`g=0`. The time period of pendulum watch.
`T=2pisqrt((l)/(g))=2pisqrt((l)/(0))=oo`
It means, inside the satellite pendulum does not oscillate. Hence pendulum watch connot word in satellite.
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