what factors influence the period of a pendulum
Pendulum The period of swing of a simple gravity pendulum depends on its length, the local strength of gravity, and to a small extent on the maximum angle that the pendulum swings away from vertical, Î¸0, called the amplitude.[8] It is independent of the mass of the bob. If the amplitude is limited to small swings,[Note 1] the period T of a simple pendulum, the time taken for a complete cycle, is:[9]