Sentences with phrase «magnetic poles point»

In a ferromagnet, a standard magnet like the one holding up the grocery list on your refrigerator, the atoms» magnetic poles point in the same direction (SN Online: 5/14/12).

As the molten rock solidified, the minerals preserved a record of Earth's polarity, the direction its north and south magnetic poles pointed at the time.

Not exact matches

Since north poles are attracted to south poles, the «north» arrow on your compass actually points toward the earth's south magnetic pole, which is the one up north.

So if you're standing over the north magnetic pole with a compass, the needle would dip and try to point straight down — hence its other name: the magnetic dip pole.

To complicate matters, stars» magnetic poles switch direction regularly, which means the more powerful jet would sometimes point in the opposite direction.

From a physics standpoint, then, the north needle of a compass (or any magnet) points to what is physically — but not in name — the south magnetic pole of the earth, in other words, in the direction of the Arctic.

As Tarduno points out, it is only speculation because weakening magnetic fields can recover without leading to a reversal of the poles.

The giant blue - green planet visited last January by Voyager 2 has one pole pointing toward the sun, and its magnetic field is askew.

The researchers implanted arrays of magnetic palladium - cobalt dots on a superconducting film of lead, lining up the dots» magnetic poles so they all pointed the same way, explains team leader and physicist Victor Moshchalkov.

These concentrations have both north and south magnetic poles, which are the «foot points» of magnetic loops extending into the solar corona.

The planets may have a spin - orbit coupling effect on the Sun which affects its rotation rate, which would then affect the solar dynamo and sunspot production, and therefore the build up of magnetic flux at the poles, and the length of a solar cycle: if the solar cycle is weaker with less sunspots, it'll take longer for the build up of opposing flux to reach the point when it flips the poles.

At the north and south poles the magnetic field lines converge, the Earth drags the atmosphere around a single point, the tropopause is lower, and temperature inversions are common.

The magnetic north pole currently is at point in the Northwest Territories, Canada: at about 78.4 ° N Latitude, and about 104.3 ° W longitude.