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EARTH ROTATION OBSERVATORY  ·   706255
01   /   DYNAMICS & METROLOGY

Watch the Earth rotate.

A living reconstruction of Léon Foucault’s pendulum. Change latitude, release angle and time to see the world turn beneath the swing plane.

PRECESSION RATEΩE sin φSIDEREAL REFERENCE / 1851 PRINCIPLE
VISUAL FIELD 01/ PENDULUM & TERRESTRIAL FRAME
INSTRUMENTF–51EARTH FRAME / ENU
TRUE NORTH↑ N / +YN
N ✦ S
SWING PLANE GROUND TRACE
↔ DRAG TO ORBIT   ·   SCROLL TO ZOOM   ·   DOUBLE CLICK TO RE-RELEASE
TIME WARP
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