miccgil88 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 This is just a hypothetical question that I've been wondering about. So I cant remember all of the details, but the earth has a magnetic charge (I cant remember +, -), and then the earths core leeks out and creates the magnetic shield around the earth (Dont know the charge of that either). With a big enough magnet, wouldnt it hypothically be possible to make a craft that balances between the two fields. Such as if the earth holds a posotive charge, and the magnetic field holds a negative charge: The bottom of this craft puts out a very strong (magnet the size of New York) posotive charge, and the top of the craft puts out a negative charge. Since like charges push away from each other, the result would be suspending the craft in between the two places. To control vertical accent/decent the strength of the magnet on the top and bottom of the craft increase/decrease. I hope I was clear with that. I realize that it would take a huge amount of mangetic force to accomoplis this, but isn't it hypothetically possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonBlack Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I don't think this is even remotely possible. Rather than some levitation device, you'd just be making a gigantic magnetic compass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Magnets don't have a "charge" - there are no magnetic monopoles, according to Maxwell's equations. So you always have a pairing of N and S poles. Anyway, at its surface the earth's field is pretty weak - less than 1 Gauss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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