Hi Mark,

Well, this may not exactly be layman's terms and it certainly will be vastly different from what you will hear or read elsewhere - but it's as close to layman as I get. So I'll just spin it past you briefly.

To understand what makes moons, one first must understand planet formation. To understand planet formation you have to understand star formation and to understand star formation you have to understand galaxy formation.

A the end of this list...one must understand energy - its vortical motions and it's regenerating properties.

If one does not know how an atom comes into being - what chance in heck do any scientists think they can postulate how a moon came into existence?

The motions of energy are the key to answering your question. Just as they are to answering the formation of the lowly atom and this energy flow maintains this atom's oscillating rate of vibration in various isotopic structures.

In my opinion, planets are formed by magnetic vortices - at parallaxes formed by the greater emf of their local star.

Let me paint a picture for you. When you impart energy into a kiddy pool full of water and start it spinning - what happens?

Well, it will generate eddys - spinoff vortices of the primary vortex. These eddys themselves have eddys and on and on it goes ad infinitum. However, we can only observe the larger flows.

In a solar system, depending upon the size and frequency relationship of the star and the energies it imparts - these vortices flow off at these natural parallaxes.

These parallaxes act as a condenser and collecting point for other energies and the development of complex atomic structures.

Think of what happens to the small surface particles of dirt in that spinning pool of water.

It will collect at these various points and start to spin - just as does a planet.

How many particles float around any eddy? Well, this depends upon the strength of the eddy and a whole lot of other forces pulling on these particles.

Likewise larger secondary eddys will likely have more subsets themselves and more moons. (Jupiter is mute testimony to this.)

So in a nutshell...any planet can have ANY number of moons around it - some will form prior to the planet, some will form simultaneously and some will form after.

The forces at play is the strength of the vortex the distance of the other eddy, etc.

Also frequency relationship comes into play. In other words some particles dont mix. Put a molecule of oil next to a molecule of water and the two emfs of these will resist merging. This is a simple matter of harmonics.

So my theory, (and you heard it here first;-) is that moons generally or essentially have some element in their structure which is resistive to merging with their nearby planet.

So I believe most moons must have at least one or more elements different than the planet they orbit. With earth and our moon this is true. However we have only found certain unknown trace elements which are not in great enough quantity to properly examine. However the moon may hold greater quantities of these elements in various strata and regions.

The mystery of hot cores is really very simple - as long as a planet receives an influx of energy from its own solar parallax - it will SPIN and it's core will be hot. As soon as this vortice or eddy dies out - the planet or moon STOPS SPINNING and the interior grows cold.

The moon by this hypothesis would then have a cold core.

Venus too, would have a dead or dying core - and surprise it looks a lot like the moon.

The heat of its atmosphere is irrelevant because this is solar heat generated in resistance to the solar wind. Much like Ohm's law any planet's atmosphere provides a certain resitance to the solar energy streams and this produces heat.

Mars would have a very alive and active core by this definition.

So this in a large nutshell is my view - moons are not ejected from a planet via collision - but there smooth nature shows they formed like a pearl in an oyster - from the core outward.

Best wishes,

SDAI-Tech1