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South Pole Foucault Pendulum
published by the Sonoma State University
This webpage is an informal record of observations of the motion of a Foucault pendulum at the South Pole. Several photographs show the pendulum itself and steps in its construction, and the text describes the challenges in building the pendulum and making the observations.
http://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/00s/southpolefoucault.html
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Gravity
Oscillations & Waves
- Oscillations
= Pendula
- High School
- Informal Education
- Reference Material
= Article
= Research study
- Audio/Visual
= Image/Image Set
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- General Publics
- image/jpeg
- text/html
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image credit: Jon Bird; Image source; larger image This resource was featured by the Physics To Go collection from February 16, 2010 until February 28, 2010. View the feature here!


Access Rights:
Free access
Restriction:
Does not have a copyright, license, or other use restriction.
Keywords:
24 hour, axis, earth rotation, gravity
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created June 9, 2010 by Foha Rafiq
Record Updated:
August 14, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update
when Cataloged:
December 1, 2001
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AIP Format
(Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, 2001), WWW Document, (http://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/00s/southpolefoucault.html).
AJP/PRST-PER
South Pole Foucault Pendulum (Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, 2001), <http://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/00s/southpolefoucault.html>.
APA Format
South Pole Foucault Pendulum. (2001, December 1). Retrieved May 1, 2025, from Sonoma State University: http://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/00s/southpolefoucault.html
Chicago Format
Sonoma State University. South Pole Foucault Pendulum. Rohnert Park: Sonoma State University, December 1, 2001. http://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/00s/southpolefoucault.html (accessed 1 May 2025).
MLA Format
South Pole Foucault Pendulum. Rohnert Park: Sonoma State University, 2001. 1 Dec. 2001. 1 May 2025 <http://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/00s/southpolefoucault.html>.
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@misc{ Title = {South Pole Foucault Pendulum}, Publisher = {Sonoma State University}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {1 May 2025}, Month = {December 1, 2001}, Year = {2001} }
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