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Bangui magnetic anomaly

82 points| benbreen | 5 years ago |en.wikipedia.org | reply

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[+] op03|5 years ago|reply
When they say its negative -1000nT or whatever, what does that mean? Compasses point to the South Pole?
[+] jusssi|5 years ago|reply
Google says that the magnetic field strength on surface is between 30µT and 60µT. To these values, the anomaly would be a bump of at most 3%.

I would guess the negative indicates that the field has reduced strength there.

[+] tommykins|5 years ago|reply
It's more to do with the overall intensity of the anomaly. If you'd like to become thoroughly confused, I'd recommend looking up remnant magnetisation, which is the bane of my existence.
[+] aaron695|5 years ago|reply
It seems clear from articles in the past 10 years a meteor strike is very unlikely.

e.g. - if you look at the wiki reference [7] "The Bangui Magnetic Anomaly Revisited" they clearly say no with what seems like an air tight explanation.

I know wiki isn't a source of truth, but academia doesn't seem to be stepping up with solutions. Someone needs to say the meteor strike theory is very unlikely and needs more updated evidence or modelling to still be taken seriously.

[+] bawana|5 years ago|reply
Does CERN create a magnetic anomaly when the LHC spins up?
[+] comfyinnernet|5 years ago|reply
It's probably that vibranium deposit. I saw a film about it.
[+] Karawebnetwork|5 years ago|reply
It's interesting that the page has "See also: Wakanda" at the bottom.

Are those links automatically generated or are they added manually by editors?

[+] anoonmoose|5 years ago|reply
Speaking of which...I can't revert the edit because someone at the place I work got our IP banned from editing, but can someone remove that silly "see also" link that was added today?