2006-09-18 11:14:39 · 5 answers · asked by Default U 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Have you got the technology?
2006-09-18 11:22:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The magnetic is too week to affect gravity much. I have commanded a toroid coil on the satellite to slow it down. We set it up to act as an electric motor and the power was rotated to slow the rotation it was very slow and took many days.
2006-09-18 13:39:39 · answer #2 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no way jose, not with our current technology. The magnetic force IS massively stronger than the gravitational field, but the earth does not produce nearly enough of a magnetic field to begin to overcome gravity. Imagine it this way... one army of ten thousand little guys vs One really big guy. The little guys (gravity) are going to pummel the big guy (electromagnetic force) in this case simply because the big guy is outnumbered.
2006-09-18 12:05:47 · answer #3 · answered by promethius9594 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. Remember that the magnetic force always acts perpendicular to the motion of an object. This means that the magnetic force can do not work. So you could use magnetic fields to accelerate an object to escape velocities. You can however use magnetic fields to steer the objects.
2006-09-18 12:52:16 · answer #4 · answered by sparrowhawk 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2006-09-18 11:34:12 · answer #5 · answered by Dr M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋