Simulation of Magnet Turning 200 Miles Above Earth

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The gray dot on the magnet is an additional mass that is half the mass of the magnet. The mass of the magnet is calculated at 58 grams.
The magnet is started at 90 degrees away from the Earth's lines of flux or the magnetic dip at NY then released and rotates back and forth until it eventually stops. The gray dot or mass can be moved to the north or south end of the magnet and can be increase by up to 5x with a slide widget.

The magnet doesn't rotate at its center of mass because it is nearer the Earth's magnetic pole. Thus the rotation generates centrifugal force which accelerates the magnet northward. Magnetic Propulsion from merely giving a magnet a little nudge. How much more efficient could it be.

The green arrow and label indicates the velocity of the center of mass of the magnet and goes up to 1 m/s in only a small amount of time. The acceleration is greater when the additional mass is moved to the south end of the magnet.

Thanks you to my partner Cursor AI who did most of the work writing the code. I will offer a criticism that it seems to deliberately place bugs in the code so you ask it more questions. In the free version you only get 150 questions and in the paid you get 500 a month. I've been very impressed by it's coding ability so far especially for mathematics with Python. I am not trying to sell anyone on it but it seems like a very practical use of AI.

Stay tuned:)

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