by: Bob Riddle
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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2013Stock # ss13_036_05_84Volume 036Issue 05
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Which Way is Up?
This article gives one of the best explanations that I have read of magnetic fields in planetary objects. It starts out with an interesting point - at magnetic north on earth a compass trie... See More
This article gives one of the best explanations that I have read of magnetic fields in planetary objects. It starts out with an interesting point - at magnetic north on earth a compass tries to point downward!! One thing that would have enhanced this article is clear definitions of "geographical north" and "magnetic north".
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