The Anomalous Moon

[Olorin]

There are about 5000 moons discovered in our solar system since probes have returned data on our planets. Of These, there are only 45 which have synchronous rotation. Earth's moon is one of these, and tidal drag is the explanation. While my mathematics is insufficient to perform such calculations, it seems unlikely with such a preponderance of non-synchronous moons unless both oceans are unnecessary and these moons have all been recently captured. This last is a possibility because there was a huge increase in meteor strikes during the Ordovician Period which may have been coincident with the creation of the asteroid belt. In that case many of these 5000 moons may date from that time 490 MYA, while the Earth;s oldest rocks formed 4600 MYA. But there is much reason to suspect that the current Mainstream account of the Moon's creation cannot hold.

A planet Theia and the Earth are believed to have collided and the current Earth and Moon remained when the smoke cleared. However, the Moon has no iron core, and no evidence of tectonic activity ever, while Mars has an extinct volcano 20 miles high, and is only twice the size of the moon. The Earth, unlike Mars, still has tectonic activity, but the Martian activity has long ceased. Evidence of the UNESCO Geological Map of The World has furthermore provided evidence that, in the last 180 MY that Earth has doubled its radius. It would seem that the one third smaller size of Mars has allowed radioactively generated heat to escape faster than created, while the reverse seems the case for Earth, causing expansion to begin when the crust became too thick. That alloyed uranium in the core is responsible for the heating of the core material seems to be supported by the fact that the Moon, with no iron core at all has no volcanic or other tectonic activity, as supported by seismic tests. This seems to indicate that this anomalous body has been hurled into space drawn entirely from the mantle. Earth expansion and rifting would have separated part of the crust following two meridians, due to pressure and spin. I suspect that such a process is the reason for the synchronous rotation.

The Permian Extinction, the greatest ever, wiped out 95% of species, and none of 5 theories is without anomalies. It followed a series of ice ages, and was preceded by massive lava flows and volcanic explosions. Much evidence supports these conjectures. Aside from the Moon lacking an iron core, the far side has a crust as thick as our continental crust, about 20 miles, while the near side has the thin crust typical of the ocean crust of about 5 miles. The near side meteor strikes have flooded with lava and formed mares (meaning seas) while the far side has deep craters and looks unlike the moon we see. The most compelling evidence is that Moon rock returned to the Earth proved to contain two isotopes of Titanium in the same proportions as these exist on Earth, to the limit of measurement. Any two bodies throughout the solar system do not exhibit this property unless from the same source (like the asteroids). Closer to the Sun, heavier elements and isotopes are retained.

It seems likely that these rifts began 540 MYA and sparked the Cambrian Explosion. Until then, the world was covered by a worldwide sea too saline for all life except bacteria. Higher life forms require oxygen to live, which supersaturated briny water cannot hold. Even plants must have oxygen at night. With the first rifting, the first ocean was created, dry land appeared again, and fresh water lakes and swamps appeared. Most early evolutions extant today are fresh water plants and animals, and it would be a while before the oceans became diluted enough to contain much oxygen. Even so, many marine creatures were air breathers. But the far side of the Moon has the missing piece of the jigsawed planet with half the present radius.

[Curious layman]

Interesting theory. I can't comment on most of it unfortunately, apart from this.

27 minutes ago, Olorin said:

However, the Moon has no iron core, and no evidence of tectonic activity ever.

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"There's this assumption that the Moon is long dead, but we keep finding that that's not the case," said planetary geologist Peter Schultz of Brown University. "From this paper it appears that the Moon may still be creaking and cracking - potentially in the present day - and we can see the evidence on these ridges."

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-just-got-more-evidence-that-the-moon-is-tectonically-active

Edited January 3, 2021 by Curious layman

[Olorin]

The Moon is generating no heat, it is still cooling. Mars has extinct volcanoes. At  half the size, the Moon has none.

Edited January 3, 2021 by Olorin