3 ms·

I think it's inverse-square, and as you get closer, the acceleration increases quadratically, so your speed increases faster (possibly cubic?)

• phkahler 1y ago
  >> I think it's inverse-square No, for "a magnet" it's an inverse cube law. I've often wondered if the force holding a nucleus together is really magnetism. No, physicists you don't need to correct me, I know how off the wall that sounds ;-)
  • r2_pilot 1y ago
    For nuclear forces it's actually the strong force binding the nucleus (electromagnetic force is far, far, far too weak to do this) but you can theoretically unify the weak force and the electromagnetic force into the electroweak force : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroweak_interaction https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroweak_interaction
  • voidUpdate 1y ago
    Ah, yes, I was assuming it was essentially like any other electromagnetic force, but apparently it being a dipole messes with things and it's inverse cube. TIL