A seconds pendulum is placed in a space laboratory orbiting round the earth at a height ' $3 R$ ' from the…

A seconds pendulum is placed in a space laboratory orbiting round the earth at a height ' $3 R$ ' from the earth's surface. The time period of the pendulum will be $(\mathrm{R}=$ radius of earth $)$
  1. zero
  2. $\frac{2}{3}$s
  3. 4 s
  4. infinite

Solution

In auter space, $\mathrm{g}=0$. Therefore, $\mathrm{T}=\infty$.

Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (09 May Shift 1)

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