Does a shadow of circular motion form simple harmonic motion?

[divyaushadam]

a small creature moves with a constant speed in a vertical circle on a bright day.does its shadow formed by the sun on a hortizantal plane move in simple harmonic motion

 

[cookiemonster]

What exactly is a "vertical circle?"

cookiemonster

 

[Guybrush Threepwood]

probably a circle drawn in a plane perpendicular to Earth...

 

[Chen]

Assuming the sun is directly above the creature, then yes, since the shadow would outline the creature's circular motion in only one of the axes.

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/shm/shm.html