Foucault's Pendulum

I meant as compared to RET.

Unpowered pendulums are influenced not by the rotation of the earth, but by the gravitation of the rotating heavens, which rotate overhead at one rotation per 24 hours.

The large pendulums you would find in a museum running 24/7 are driven by electromagnets and are really just props. Real pendulums need to be reset every couple hours due to air friction.

It only needs to run a few hours to get useful data which makes it something anyone can test for themselves. 

The thing about the rotating heavens, it doesn't explain the period of procession.  It is directly proportional to latitude.  You can predict the period knowing the latitude and vice versa.  However, north of the equator it will process clockwise and counterclockwise south of the equator.

Additionally, it's symmetric about equator.  At 50° N the pendulum will process clockwise at ≈11.5°/hr.  At 50° S it will also process at ≈11.5°/hr in the counterclockwise direction.

This symmetry about the equator is hard to explain using rotating heavens.

Mike

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Ah! The good old "correlation implies causality" fallacy. Still no experimental data then?

Anyone can watch and see that it's the pendulum that's moving while the earth remains still. Where's your evidence that the pendulum is still and its the earth which is moving?

Let's create a hypothetical situation where you are on a plane. Usually, it feels really slow from the inside. But looking at one from above, it looks like it goes at its intended speed. This can apply to the earth. While we are on the planet, it appears to be at a standstill, but if you are watching the earth from the moon, you would see slight rotation as the earth rounds its 24 hours. Although not immediately seen, a video of this rotation sped up would show the earth's rotation, do to the sheer vastness of our planet.