The magnetic equator is not a fixed line. It changes all the time and, incidentally it reverses also!!
Please read this article. the postion of the magnetc equator from 1590 to 1990 can also be seen in the figure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth's_magnetic_field MGK Nair On 21 October 2014 19:14, S Chander <sajb1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Definition of *MAGNETIC EQUATOR **:* an imaginary line roughly > parallel to the geographical equator and passing through those points where > a magnetic needle has no dip > > However in actual the line is not a straight line even roughly > > Following is a paper submitted by followings in J. Ind. Geophys. Union ( > January 2005 ) > Vol.9, No.1, pp.41-46 > > R.C.Deka, L.A.D’Cruz, V.J.Jacob, A.Iype and P.Elango > Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, New Panvel, Navi Mumbai > > Following link will take you to the paper.. > > http://igu.in/9-1/5dake.pdf > > > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 11:24 AM, VJ vjay...@gmail.com [Thatha_Patty] < > thatha_pa...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Magnetic equator does not pass through Chidambaram. You may know that >> Thumba, Trivandrum was chosen by ISRO in 1960s to set up the Thumba Rocket >> Launching Station (TERLS) as the magnetic equator passes through this >> place. By the by, can anyone define what is the centre of magnetic equator? >> >> Who are the Western scientists ? Can anyone throw some light on this >> please? >> >> >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> ------------------------------ >> Posted by: VJ <vjay...@gmail.com> >> ------------------------------ >> Reply via web post >> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Thatha_Patty/conversations/messages/53823;_ylc=X3oDMTJyZWdmZWNjBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE4OTk3Mzk4BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNjAyNjA2NwRtc2dJZAM1MzgyMwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzE0MTM4OTAyMTA-?act=reply&messageNum=53823> >> • Reply to sender >> <vjay...@gmail.com?subject=Re%3A%20Fw%3A%20Fwd%3A%20%5Bcoet-62%5D%20Fw%3A%20CHIDAMBARAM> >> • Reply to group >> <thatha_pa...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Fw%3A%20Fwd%3A%20%5Bcoet-62%5D%20Fw%3A%20CHIDAMBARAM> >> • Start a New Topic >> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Thatha_Patty/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=X3oDMTJmN3NqYTc4BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE4OTk3Mzk4BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNjAyNjA2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzE0MTM4OTAyMTA-> >> • Messages in this topic >> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Thatha_Patty/conversations/topics/53795;_ylc=X3oDMTM3cWFodTE5BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE4OTk3Mzk4BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNjAyNjA2NwRtc2dJZAM1MzgyMwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzE0MTM4OTAyMTAEdHBjSWQDNTM3OTU-> >> (3) >> >> >> **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** >> >> >> Visit following to see uploaded files related to religious and >> informative files uploaded. >> >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/thatha_patty?hl=en >> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thatha_Patty/ >> >> _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________- >> >> Visit Your Group >> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Thatha_Patty/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJma3QxNjZkBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE4OTk3Mzk4BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNjAyNjA2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MTM4OTAyMTA-> >> >> >> [image: Yahoo! Groups] >> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJldWZiZTJ1BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzE4OTk3Mzk4BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNjAyNjA2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQxMzg5MDIxMA--> >> • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> >> • Unsubscribe >> <thatha_patty-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms >> of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> >> >> . >> >> __,_._,___ >> > > > > -- > With best wishes > > S Chander > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
