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Is it possible to make this

Is it possible to make this

Is it possible to make this

(OP)
Its hard to explain but suppose you make the frame of a cube
with magnetic rectangular prisms with the negative faces facing inward. Is it possible to place a positively charged
sphere in the center, and make the sphere be continuously
suspended within the frame of the cube.

RE: Is it possible to make this

No, it is not possible with permanent magnets.

RE: Is it possible to make this

and how would you create the mono-pole in the center?
These are interesting physics problems but there is no real world physical example.

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RE: Is it possible to make this

While monopoles are not feasible, magnetic levitation is, and there are various curios that do that, but not passively.

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