2006-06-18 08:13:08 · 9 answers · asked by dread pirate lavenderbeard 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
if they don't, then how does eletricity work since that requires magnets in order to be generated?
2006-06-18 08:25:18 · update #1
Very much. Magnet has nothing to do with earth's magnetic north and south. It has it's own north and south and will very much attract like it does on earth. I think you are confused with compass which will not work in space with no north and south.
2006-06-18 08:29:57 · answer #1 · answered by muks320 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do Magnets Work In Space
2016-10-14 03:16:10 · answer #2 · answered by lutz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, magnets will work in space just as they will on earth. Every magnet has a north and south poles that create a magnetic field that is not affected by being close or far from earth.
2006-06-18 08:37:10 · answer #3 · answered by mikos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. A magnet will work in space, underwater, etc.
But it sounds like your question is about compasses.
In earth orbit- a compass (a magnetized metal rod on a low friction bearing), will align to the earth's magnetic field. Beyond earth, the sun also has a magnetic field that it may follow.
Actually, in north america- a compass doesn't so much point to the north pole, as it does towards a large deposit of lodestone in Canada. This is what causes the magnetic declination.
2006-06-18 08:26:01 · answer #4 · answered by Morey000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magnets and the magnetic field which they generate work anywhere, on Earth, in space, or whereever. The only 'time' they do not work is if the temperature exceeds what is called the 'curie temperature' (about 570 C I think). At that temperature, magnetism ceases to exist.
So unless it is really stinking hot, magnets work anywhere. They just orient themselves to the nearest magnetic field wherever that might be.
Electricity does not require that magnets be inverted as you are stating. Changing of a magnetic field can produce electricity, but electricity does not have to be present to have a magnetic field. (electricity can produce a magnetic field, but it does not have to be present. Look at any bar magnet. There is no electricity running through it.
2006-06-18 09:27:24 · answer #5 · answered by dlouhane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do work because magnets have their own magnetic North and South Poles.
2006-06-18 08:42:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because there is no north or south. A magnet needs a north and a south to operate.
2006-06-18 08:23:15 · answer #7 · answered by Big Cheese 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They work because they have a negative pole and a positive one. Earth has such poles that are almost the same as north and south poles on geographical situation. So a machine with polarity works only with its own poles, no those of the earth
2006-06-18 08:50:47 · answer #8 · answered by pogonoforo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going on a mission tonight i'll test it out and let you know the results.
2006-06-18 08:19:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋