the strongest magnet in the world boasts 900 times the earths magnetism, so why wouldn’t a compass point towards those superior magnets?

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Also does anyone know how those ultra strong magnets are affecting our planet if at all?

Edit: sorry the [link](https://imamagnets.com/en/blog/what-is-most-powerful-magnet/#:~:text=The%20world’s%20most%20powerful%20magnet%20is%2044.14%20Teslas.&text=This%20super%20magnet%20has%20a,we%20find%20in%20a%20hospital) says 900,000 times the earths magnetism

Edit 2: Thank you wonderful people for clearing that up. Your minor support did more for my mental health than you realize not just for the knowledge but also the general support from the community. Y’all are amazing.

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The super strong magnet is like a modern ultra bright LED flashlight. It is extremely bright if you are within feet of it. But from miles away, it would hardly be a speck of light.

The Earth’s magnetism is like an array of a trillion dim incandescent 1980s flashlights that are spread far out from each other. From a few feet away, those individual bulbs are dimmer than the LED bulb. But from miles away, you can still easily see the giant array of dim bulbs combining their light together.

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