Would a compass work on the moon?

Answer 1

There is a weak magnetic field on the Moon (100 times weaker than on the Earth). But that field is not dipolar. So, even if the compass is fine enough to work in such weak magnetic field, anyway it would be useless.

Answer 2

Well the earth has a magnetic field because of it's iron core and iron is magnetic it keeps everything in place by the way if we didn't have an iron core there will be no north, south,east and west everthing will keep changing place from the things we have on earth. The moon has no iron core=no north, south, east and west. The north on earth is directed towards the north star but then the moon spins in different directions ( it has no axis) so it won't allways face one direction in space as it's north so it has no north. So the compass won't work on the moon which no longer has an iron core.
and also the north, south, east and west have changed 4000 times in the earth's history of about six billion years because parts of the iron core has got up to the mantle from things like big volcano eruptions so the magnetic field goes all funny but this is rare it could happen any time in a hundred years because it's been a long time since that's happend because the earth is settling down from the begging of it's existence where lots of things happend (more out of control) because the earth had just been born.
WELL I HOPE THAT ALL HELPS ALISON! i am only 14.

Answer 3

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Would a compass work on the moon?

Answer 4

Wils right. There is no magnetic field on the Moon so no a compass would not work.

Answer 5

No there is no magnetic field on the moon, so it wouldn't work. We don't even know why thae earth has a strong magnetic field yet, of where the moon came from

Answer 6

but , does the moon have a lesser gravitational pull all round.
Thus not knowing any of the points on a compass.?

Answer 7

A highly sensitive gyrocompass might work. That does not work with magnetism but with the rotation of the earth/moon.
The earth rotates once every day, the moon once every 28 days. It might work...

Answer 8

This comes down to as to whether the moon has a molton iron core, which produces a magnetic field. The answer is the moon is no longer molton, it was not large enough like to Earth, to sustain a molton core, so its core "froze" out years ago. So hence, no magnetic field.

Answer 9

Is there magnetism on the moon?
surely yes#
so a compass would show whats north and south...

Answer 10

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no, and not because there is no gravity. Its because the moon doesnt have its own magnetic field. (Like the earth does.)