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Can a pendulum clock be used in an earth-satellite?

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No. According to the relation:
T=2πlg
The time period of the pendulum clock depends upon the acceleration due to gravity. As the earth-satellite is a free falling body and its geffective (effective acceleration due to gravity ) is zero at the satellite, the time period of the clock is infinite.

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