Why, when a metallic object is spun, a magnetic field results?

Subject: Why, when a metallic object is spun, a magnetic field results?

Date: Sat Oct 14 23:44:04 2000
Posted by Matt Gillespie
Grade level: undergrad School: No school entered.
City: El Paso State/Province: Texas Country: No country entered.
Area of science: Physics
ID: 971581444.Ph

Message:


From what I have read, large planetary bodies and moon produce their own 
magnetic field when their presumably metallic core is spinning.
If this info is accurate what propeties of matter are involved in the 
generation of magnetic fields around spinning metallic objects?

Re: Why, when a metallic object is spun, a magnetic field results?

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