The right hand rule is a physics principle used to determine the direction of magnetic poles in rotating objects: by extending your right hand with an open palm and curling your fingers in the direction of rotation, your thumb points toward the North Pole of the object. Conversely, using your left hand with the same gesture will point toward the South Pole.
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Right. Uh, we use the right hand rule.
Okay. Okay. So, stick out your right hand.
>> Right.
>> Open palm, palm open.
>> Palm open. Now, make a curl your fingers, keep your thumb up. Thumb up.
Okay. Any object that's rotating in the universe, if you curl your fingers in the direction it's rotating, Right. your thumb is the is the North Pole.
>> That's the North Pole. Yes. For any object anywhere.
Correct. Okay. If you want your thumb to stick in the direction of the North Pole, you have to use your left hand.
Oh, that's Okay. So, the right hand rule is right hand, thumbs up.
>> you know what North Pole is. And if you know what North Pole is, you know what South Pole is.
>> what South Pole is. Okay, got you.
>> Okay.
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