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Do ferrous or magnetic objects fall faster in areas where earth's magnetic field is stronger?
I predict there should be some teeny tiny effect, but would it even be detectable to us? We can measure the difference in gravity at sea-level vs at altitude in the same location, especially with sky-scrapers. it is tiny, but it's there. Could we do drop-tests at many locations with different known field strengths?
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- CarolOklaLv 72 years agoFavorite Answer
No they do NOT. Earth's magnetic field is strongest at the MAGNETIC poles, and they are moving. The acceleration of gravity IS slightly higher at the GEOGRAPHICAL poles because Earth is slightly squashed by its rotation, but that has nothing to do with magnetic attraction or repulsion. Earth has BOTH gravity and magnetic anomalies. The most infamous magnetic anomalies are the Bermuda triangle and the Dragon triangle in the South China Sea
