  The object that resulted in the creation of the Moon started in the same
orbital path as Earth around the Sun, but at Earth's L4. This proto-Moon (PM)
was 4 times less massive than the usual Giant Impact (GI) object "Theia" and
was captured into Earth orbit. It had a 32% Iron-Nickel-Sulfur core supporting
a dynamo, which explains magnetized lunar rocks. Following capture, it was torn
apart by tidal forces and its core of iron plastered itself, with some of its
rock mantle, on the surface of Earth at a very flat angle (producing the "Late
Veneer"). After tidal stripping, the remaining PM rock was driven away from
Earth to about 3.8 times Earth's radius and formed into what is now the Moon.
The GI theory has several troubles: The violent collision melts the entire
Earth, contrary to geological evidence. The Moon itself also has to condense
out of the vapor cloud generated in the collision, but there is evidence that
the Moon was not condensed out of vapor. In the new theory, the Moon as we know
it may be only 3.8 - 3.9 billion years old, not 4.56 as usually assumed. That
is the age of the PM. The minerals in the Moon would be about as old as the
Earth, but would have been re-arranged in the capture and temporary
disintegration process. If the Moon is as young as suggested, its origin would
coincide with the beginning of life on Earth, which is unexplained in the GI
theory. The manuscript asks, "Was the Moon Turned Inside-Out" and the answer is
"Essentially, Yes."
