How strong is the world's strongest magnet? (man-made)

[ivan_astikov]

@Snarky_Kong

So people should be doing things at random, trying to discover things by accident?

No, but when someone suggested they wanted to build a 45 Tesla magnet, I’d have expected someone to say, “What for?”.

[Rhythmdvl]

@ivan_astikov

No, but when someone suggested they wanted to build a 45 Tesla magnet, I’d have expected someone to say, “What for?”.

'Cause it will go up to eleven!

[XT]

@ivan astikov

So, how big a magnet do I need, to pull an ocean liner into my floating island?

Depends on how close you are planning to get the magnet to the ship. If you are getting it really close then you probably won’t need all that large a magnet (better have a strong chain and a decent tug boat though). If you are thinking to grab a passing ship from a long distance (say more than a few yards) then you can’t make a magnet that big. Magnetism doesn’t work very well at a distance.

-XT

[ivan_astikov]

@xtisme

Depends on how close you are planning to get the magnet to the ship. If you are getting it really close then you probably won’t need all that large a magnet (better have a strong chain and a decent tug boat though). If you are thinking to grab a passing ship from a long distance (say more than a few yards) then you can’t make a magnet that big. Magnetism doesn’t work very well at a distance.

-XT

Bwahahahahahahahaha…Oh! Damn!

[XT]

Ah well…whooshed again.

-XT

[ProfessorX]

@pravnik

The biggest Magnetic Horseshoe can be found in Australia. It’s roughly one and one half miles across.

Magnetic Horseshoe

hahaha. Maybe one day it’ll pull the moon closer ala Bruce Almighty.