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

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The measurement is like the magnets concentration for lack of a better word. It doesn’t mean it extends far, it just means that source is very dense. Earth is a very strong magnet, but it’s spread out very far.

Your compass would point towards it if you were close enough though

And I don’t think it would really have any noticeable effect on Earth, but we couldn’t really know for 100% certainty. It’s way harder to magnetize an object (permanently) than you’d think, most of the super strong magnets are temporary ones created using strong currents of electricity (electromagnets)

Everything technically has a field/alignment though, it’s not like it’s changing the molecular properties drastically. Most materials would just go back immediately after being exposed to a magnetic field or not show anything we associate with magnetism like attraction, etc.

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