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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

Answer

(d) In the given case effective acceleration $g_{eff} = 0 $

==> $T = \infty $

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