Astronomy/Magnetic field

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Expert: - 9/21/2004


Question
How does the earth's Magnectic Field work?

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Answer
Samson,
Ask your science teache at school if you can fool around with a magnet and some iron filings.  There's a strong chance that your school will have stuff like that in the lab.  You can see th patterns that will form in the iron filings, due o lines of force.  The Earth's magnetic fiels is exactly the same.

Look at this cool link:
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/space/mag_field.html

Or, go to this NASA page for explanations of dozens of related questions that you probably haven't even formulated yet:
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/amag.html

I hope that this is helpful.  Kep Looking Up!
-Ed

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I am not a professional astronomer by any means, but astronomy has been an interest of mine since childhood, and I am well-informed on the subject. If unable to answer someone`s question personally, I will know how to quickly find the answer online, because I keep myself informed about developments in the field and I know where to look for information.

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I worked in an observatory for awhile at one point, doing various interesting things with a computer.

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