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satellites Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 3/16/2007
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

the cache is located along highway 99 near its junction with highway 70, but not at the above-listed coordinates. to determine the location of the hide, you must answer 15 questions about satellites in our solar system. and for safety's sake, do not park on the highway, but circle around to the frontage road.

1. the largest satellite of pluto
2. moon of jupiter discovered in 1904 by perrine
3. the smoothest natural body in the solar system
4. it orbits uranus 18.6 times per week
5. it takes nearly two weeks to orbit uranus
6. it takes three weeks to orbit saturn
7. discovered in 1684, it is the densest moon of saturn other than titan
8. largest non-galilean moon of jupiter
9. discovered in 1986, it takes about 15 hours to orbit uranus
10. it takes two and one-half days to orbit uranus
11. the outermost of the galilean moons of jupiter
12. it orbits uranus 16 times per week
13. scientists think this moon and janus were once part of a single moon that was later blasted apart
14. the most volcanically active world in the solar system
15. it orbits uranus every 11 hours and 22 minutes

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

yrggre 0 = mreb

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)