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If I got big enough that Earth could fit in the palm on my hand, could I destroy it by squeezing it very hard? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago

If you assume your body composition would allow you to move at a comparable pace then you would absolutely be more dense than the earth. Imagine if the earth were ripped from it's current path as you wind up to throw it, it should sheer to pieces like a ball of molten metal and sand.

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