Name: 🔬#MESExperiments 29: Magnetic Spinning Top Aligns Opposite of Asymmetric Magnetic Attraction
Uploaded: 2023-02-04T06:41:44+00:00
Duration: 3 min 16 s
Description: In #MESExperiments 29 I go further into the GyroTop magnetic spinning top from Experiment 28, and this time provide an asymmetric magnetic field. I do this by adding additional magnets to one side of

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In #MESExperiments 29 I go further into the GyroTop magnetic spinning top from Experiment 28, and this time provide an asymmetric magnetic field. I do this by adding additional magnets to one side of the magnetic base, all of which are in attraction to the spinning top. This setup makes the magnetic attraction stronger on one side, and as predicted from Experiment 29, the GyroTop once again moves opposite of the magnetic field. Thus it doesn't matter if the magnetic field is symmetrical or asymmetrical, the principle is the same: spinning tops want to balance opposite of the opposing force.

In this video, I perform 2 sets of experiments, one of them uses just 1 additional magnet while the second experiment uses 2 additional magnets to provide an even stronger asymmetric magnetic field. And the latter experiment better demonstrates the GyroTop's automatic balancing ability. Truly amazing stuff!

![#MESExperiments 29 Asymmetrical GyroTop.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/mes/23wWyFndbgQaFcq7XYcWuLXrHjNVcthwHp66hJGJwMfFP8Pf6uwkAFA6YCrTjMfZYdnHq.jpeg)

The timestamps of key moments of the experiment are listed below.

1. GyroTop is in attraction to all magnets present: 0:00
2. Asymmetric magnetic GyroTop experiment: 0:19
3. Double-stacked asymmetric magnetic GyroTop experiment: 1:38

See screenshots of the experiments on the Hive blockchain: https://peakd.com/hive-128780/@mes/mesexperiments-29-asymmetric-magnetic-spinning-top

Stay tuned for #MESExperiments 30...

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