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north magnetic pole
(redirected from Magnetic North Pole)

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north magnetic pole [′nȯrth mag′ned·ik ′pōl]
(astronomy)
north pole


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As recently as last October, the sun's magnetic north pole resided in the star's northern hemisphere, as it had for the previous 11 years.
Magnetic flip heralds solar max by Science News
Every 10 or 20 thousand years, Earth's magnetic field reverses--the magnetic North Pole becomes the South Pole and vice versa.
MISSION to MARS by WEINSTOCK, MAIA / Science World
By analyzing the orientation of the grains, scientists can tell the position of the ancient continents relative to the magnetic north pole, which almost always lies close to the rotation axis.
When Earth tipped, life went wild by Monastersky, Richard / Science News
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