what is the difference between the magnetic north pole and the ‘geomagnetic’ north pole? Remember…I’m 5 here.

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I looked it up on Wikipedia; I’ve tried googling.

The explanations use big words and jargon I don’t understand.

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Answer 1

There’s a bunch of different Norths.

True North (also called geodetic, which is what I think you’re referring to) is the place where the earth spins. It’s the axis of the earth. Where the screws in the globe are.

Magnetic north is where the compass points. Magnetic north travels around the True North sort of like a top spins around where you started spinning it.