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Old 10-12-2009, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Gemini2544 View Post
From my understanding the process is slow & takes years, As the pole swings it travels across the globe. So for a short time the North pole may be in fiji as it slowly flips. The magnosphere will remain just tilted.
My understanding is that the field gradually weakens (as it is doing at the moment), fades away to a low irregular field (ie no clearly defined N or S pole), then starts strengthening again with the poles reversed.
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