Top-down pendulum wave

Galileo’s Ring

48 pendulums in a circle, three groups of sixteen. Each group has one long pendulum and seven successively shorter ones, repeated twice.

Timing

Longest pendulum

1.00 /s

60 full swings per minute Each shorter pendulum adds

+1.00 /min

Classic wave: +1 cycle per minute, so the pattern repeats every 60s Time dilation

1 = 1

Simulation seconds = real seconds. 2 = 1 runs twice as fast. Pull-out angle

55°

Period T = 1 / frequency. Length L = g T² / 4π², with g = 9.81 m/s².

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