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

Question

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

The Earth spins, this causes day and night. That spin is around an axis is between the geographic poles. The Earth also contains a giant magnet in its liquid core. This magnet defines the magnetic poles.

“Geomagnetic” probably means magnetic, being clear that it’s the overall average of the pole positions. Unlike the rotation, there isn’t a mathematic definition of the magnetic pole positions because the field isn’t perfectly uniform.