• Question: how many electromagnetic atoms are in a magnetar

    Asked by raspberry69 to Jimmy on 14 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: James Holloway

      James Holloway answered on 14 Mar 2013:


      A magnetar has a magnetic field of ten billion Tesla. The strongest magnets that we can build is on the order of 1 Tesla – which is pretty strong by most standards.

      I don’t know how many non-neutral particles there are in a magnetar but their collective effect is staggering!

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