Comment by jameshart
1 year ago
On any planet where you want to define a system of units, you can start by defining a fixed time period (maybe use a fraction of the planetary rotation cycle or something), then make a pendulum that swings with that frequency, and derive a unit of distance from its length.
The local value of g will be roughly pi squared pendulum lengths per tick squared, in that system of measurement.
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