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Which direction will a magnet point, if it is suspended in space by an astronaut? Please explain...
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Which direction will a magnet point, if it is suspended in space by an astronaut? Please explain...

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It would point in a north-south direction, since, the earth itself behaves as a huge bar magnet, the north pole would get attracted to the geographical south pole and the south pole would get attracted to the geographical north pole.
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