Magnetic Field

[Nilesh]

If we put three magnets in line will they develop a common magnetic field, if they develop a common magnetic field , what happens if three plants are in line because they have their own magnetic field.  

Edited May 30, 2023 by Nilesh

[Philalethes]

If you were to drag the planets away from their orbits and place them sufficiently close then the magnetic fields would combine in various ways depending on position and orientation. If you were to stack the planets on top of each other and close together like you would magnets you'd essentially get one combined larger magnetic field.

However, that obviously never happens in the Solar system, because such a configuration would very quickly lead to catastrophic outcomes gravitationally. Apart from that, the planets being in a line in their orbits as they exist now wouldn't really do anything, since they're not close enough. Jupiter has the strongest magnetic field of all the planets, but even its magnetotail barely stretches out to Saturn, where the field would be very weak. None of the other planets come even close to having any magnetic interaction at all no matter how well they line up, at least not to my knowledge.

[Archmonoth]

20 hours ago, Nilesh said:

If we put three magnets in line will they develop a common magnetic field, if they develop a common magnetic field , what happens if three plants are in line because they have their own magnetic field.  

The range/radius of the magnetospheres is very small compared to the distance between the planets/Sun.

 

For example, the Earth's magnetic sphere has a maximum distance of about 1.275 million Kilometers. For comparison, the Sun is 150 million Kilometers away. Venus when it is closest to Earth is about 61 million Kilometers away. Mars is a mere 383 million Kilometers away.

 

Jupiter, which has the largest magnetosphere does have a bit of weirdness. At about 5 million Kilometers from Jupiter, at the edge of its magnetosphere, its field makes a bow shock from the incoming solar wind from the Sun. (Jupiter is about 775 million Kilometers away from us.)

 

Planets being in a line won't ever be close enough to each other or the Sun for any magnetospheres to interact or overlap.  

 

This entire post is assuming you meant planets, and not plants. 

Edited May 31, 2023 by Archmonoth

[Nilesh]

3 hours ago, Archmonoth said:

The range/radius of the magnetospheres is very small compared to the distance between the planets/Sun.

 

For example, the Earth's magnetic sphere has a maximum distance of about 1.275 million Kilometers. For comparison, the Sun is 150 million Kilometers away. Venus when it is closest to Earth is about 61 million Kilometers away. Mars is a mere 383 million Kilometers away.

 

Jupiter, which has the largest magnetosphere does have a bit of weirdness. At about 5 million Kilometers from Jupiter, at the edge of its magnetosphere, its field makes a bow shock from the incoming solar wind from the Sun. (Jupiter is about 775 million Kilometers away from us.)

 

Planets being in a line won't ever be close enough to each other or the Sun for any magnetospheres to interact or overlap.  

 

This entire post is assuming you meant planets, and not plants. 

Thank you for your reply. Yah post was for planets not for plants. As per today's scientific knowledge perfect answer . My humble point is something we don't, know say "the theory behind it"  we assume it.  For driving mathematical expression we use " constant ".   Thanks again.  

13 hours ago, Philalethes said:

If you were to drag the planets away from their orbits and place them sufficiently close then the magnetic fields would combine in various ways depending on position and orientation. If you were to stack the planets on top of each other and close together like you would magnets you'd essentially get one combined larger magnetic field.

However, that obviously never happens in the Solar system, because such a configuration would very quickly lead to catastrophic outcomes gravitationally. Apart from that, the planets being in a line in their orbits as they exist now wouldn't really do anything, since they're not close enough. Jupiter has the strongest magnetic field of all the planets, but even its magnetotail barely stretches out to Saturn, where the field would be very weak. None of the other planets come even close to having any magnetic interaction at all no matter how well they line up, at least not to my knowledge.

thank you for your reply.

[Archmonoth]

12 hours ago, Nilesh said:

Thank you for your reply. Yah post was for planets not for plants. As per today's scientific knowledge perfect answer . My humble point is something we don't, know say "the theory behind it"  we assume it.  For driving mathematical expression we use " constant ".   Thanks again.  

Yeah, there is plenty of room for the unknown in our current understanding. The historical concept of the Unknown in the Grand Narrative of Truth, is the unknown is undiscovered knowledge. I don't agree with this, and think the unknown is its own value, which is part of 3 valued logic: (many-valued logic) Many-valued logic - Wikipedia

 

We know the magnetic field is too small to touch/interact in how we currently understand magnetic fields. This current understanding is tested and measured, and theories in science are more than speculation, they are tested. We can measure the distance of the magnetic field strength. 

 

So, for the phenomena of 3 magnetics which you are referring to, would require significantly closer fields than is in space. However, we have a "True" (distance between planets) a False (the absolute limits of magnetic fields), and an Unknown (conditions of millions of kilometers of space with unknown particles/variables).

 

This means there could be another phenomenon, but why would we assume something when we have no information? I am open to any magnetic information or funky phenomena you might know about. 

Edited May 31, 2023 by Archmonoth

[noordung]

21 hours ago, Archmonoth said:

Jupiter, which has the largest magnetosphere does have a bit of weirdness. At about 5 million Kilometers from Jupiter, at the edge of its magnetosphere, its field makes a bow shock from the incoming solar wind from the Sun. (Jupiter is about 775 million Kilometers away from us.)

Planets being in a line won't ever be close enough to each other or the Sun for any magnetospheres to interact or overlap.  

 

I want to add here that on the other side, the magnetotail of Jupiter seems to occasionally trail past the orbit of Saturn. We know this because Pioneer 10 was still detecting no solar wind even in March 1976 when it already passed Saturn's orbit. So, at least occasionally, the magnetotail of Jupiter might touch Saturn's magnetosphere.

[Nilesh]

9 hours ago, noordung said:

 

I want to add here that on the other side, the magnetotail of Jupiter seems to occasionally trail past the orbit of Saturn. We know this because Pioneer 10 was still detecting no solar wind even in March 1976 when it already passed Saturn's orbit. So, at least occasionally, the magnetotail of Jupiter might touch Saturn's magnetosphere.

Thank you for your reply.  Its on NASA site ' The spacecraft crossed Saturn’s orbit in February 1976, recording data that indicated that Jupiter’s enormous magnetic tail, almost 800 million kilometers long, covered the whole distance between the two planets. '

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/pioneer-10/in-depth/

15 hours ago, Archmonoth said:

Yeah, there is plenty of room for the unknown in our current understanding. The historical concept of the Unknown in the Grand Narrative of Truth, is the unknown is undiscovered knowledge. I don't agree with this, and think the unknown is its own value, which is part of 3 valued logic: (many-valued logic) Many-valued logic - Wikipedia

 

We know the magnetic field is too small to touch/interact in how we currently understand magnetic fields. This current understanding is tested and measured, and theories in science are more than speculation, they are tested. We can measure the distance of the magnetic field strength. 

 

So, for the phenomena of 3 magnetics which you are referring to, would require significantly closer fields than is in space. However, we have a "True" (distance between planets) a False (the absolute limits of magnetic fields), and an Unknown (conditions of millions of kilometers of space with unknown particles/variables).

 

This means there could be another phenomenon, but why would we assume something when we have no information? I am open to any magnetic information or funky phenomena you might know about. 

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/pioneer-10/in-depth/

The spacecraft crossed Saturn’s orbit in February 1976, recording data that indicated that Jupiter’s enormous magnetic tail, almost 800 million kilometers long, covered the whole distance between the two planets.

Edited June 1, 2023 by Nilesh