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In Outer Space, Where Does a Compass Point?
which is is located about 1000 miles south of the geographic north pole, due west from Canada’s Ellesmere Island. So, even if you’re standing in the Southern Hemisphere, your compass needle ...
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The Magnetic North Pole Has Shifted Again. Here’s Why It Matters
The needle of a compass has guided humanity for centuries ... Magnetic north is not fixed like its geographic counterpart, the North Pole. Instead, it meanders, driven by the roiling motion ...
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Magnets and magnetic materials
The needle of a compass is a small magnet that ... Which end of a magnet will the north pole of a compass point towards when it lines up with the magnetic field? The part of a compass that moves ...
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Compass, China, 220 BCE
They also had observed that needles cooled from red heat and held in the north-south orientation (the earth's axis) would become magnetic. These more refined needle compasses could then be floated in ...