Pendulum clock below a uniform-density surface
ID: pendulum-clock-below-a-uniform-density-surface
Inside a spherical body of uniform density, the shell theorem gives gravitational acceleration . A simple pendulum at depth therefore has period . If its clock is calibrated at the surface, its indicated elapsed time is and it loses . This is a mechanical clock-rate change caused by weaker local gravity, not gravitational time dilation. The uniform-density assumption is essential; Earth's actual density profile gives a different interior field.
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