From: utzoo!miles Newsgroups: net.space Title: Re: monopoles in space Article-I.D.: utzoo.2288 Posted: Mon Jul 19 07:16:27 1982 Received: Mon Jul 19 07:16:27 1982 Actually, it is possible to construct reasonable monopolar magnets right here in a gravitational field. Granted, their preformance is not to great, but may be better in 0-g. Interesting thing is, although monopolar magnets are not exactly the same as a monopole say in an asteroid (if they exist ), they do work, when really they shouldn't. From Raymond S.