[amsat-bb] Re: Could we raise orbit thru magnetorque?

[don <donmc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Physics 102:
  A magnetic dipole cannot apply any force (torque) without interacting 
with an external system (field). The resultant force will be a vector 
force depending on the orientation of the two fields. This may cause a 
rotating moment (torque) or may not.

Cheers,
        Don ZL1THO.
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