This is what happens when physics nerds take Archimedes too literally! The meme combines Archimedes' famous quote about moving the Earth with a lever with actual gravitational physics. The diagram shows the Earth-Moon barycenter (the center of mass of the Earth-Moon system) which could theoretically serve as a fulcrum for an impossibly long lever. The formula in the title (F=G•M₁•M₂•R⁻²) is Newton's law of universal gravitation, which explains why this cosmic lever system would be governed by the gravitational attraction between the masses. Technically correct? Yes. Practically feasible? Not unless you're planning to violate several laws of physics before breakfast!
Give Me A Cosmic Fulcrum And I Shall Move The Earth
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