A second’s pendulum is placed in a space laboratory orbiting around the earth at a height $3R,$ where $R$ is the radius of the earth. The time period of the pendulum is

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(d) In the given case effective acceleration $g_{eff.} = 0 \Rightarrow T = \infty$

Q. A second’s pendulum is placed in a space laboratory orbiting around the earth at a height $3R,$ where $R$ is the radius of the earth. The time period of the pendulum is

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