Re: Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion?

From	Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.design, sci.astro, sci.physics
Subject	Re: Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion?
Date	2026-02-04 16:59 +1100
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On 4/02/2026 3:35 pm, Jeremiah Jones wrote:
> Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:
>> On 3/02/2026 3:50 am, Jeremiah Jones wrote:
>>> Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:
>>>> On 1/02/2026 10:57 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:
>>>>> I was watching some stuff of magnetic field lines in the universe
>>>>> that I recoded last week from  zdfinfo.de
>>>>>     https://www.zdf.de/dokus/geheimnisvolles-universum-100
>>>>> It seems those are playing a much bigger role in the forming of galaxies and stars and the 'big bang' in the latest research.
>>>>>
>>>>> So that makes me wonder if a spacecraft with just a permanent magnet
>>>>> that you can move to give you a force in the direction you want to go
>>>>> could be used as a simple fuel-less drive?
>>>>> Electromagnets should work too of course.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any aliens here that have used it?
>>>>
>>>> Earth has a magnetic field, and nobody uses magnets to drag boats or
>>>> aircraft around.
>>>
>>>
>>> Earth *is* a magnet.  It is pushed by the magnetic fields of the sun and
>>> galaxies.  That's what makes the earth go round the sun.
>>
>> It isn't. The magnetic fields around the sun are pretty erratic. Earth's
>> rotation around the Sun isn't.
> 
> The earth is big and heavy and full of iron and stuff.  It smooths out
> the fuzz in the sun's magnetism and keeps a lid on the magnetic
> typhoons.  Otherwise the sun would be flipping its poles every day.

The sun doesn't have a single magnetic pole. It has lots of complicated 
magnetic structures in the solar corona, none of which are influenced by 
the earth - though magnetic storms in the solar corona can influence the 
earth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event

which doesn't seem to have affected the earth's rotation, or it's 
orbital progress around the sun.

> Nasa studies all this.  Check their website.

I'm aware of their web-sites. You don't seem to understand what they are 
telling you.

> They also said earth rotates around its axis, not the sun.

The earth does rotate around it's own axis. It is also in an elliptical 
orbit around the sun.

-- 
Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  Re: Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion? ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-02-01 12:57 +0000
    Re: Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion? Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2026-02-01 16:44 +0000
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