The Solar System Series Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 5/15/2008
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

"New Horizons," a spacecraft launched by NASA in January of 2006, was designed to help us understand what may be beyond the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto - and beyond.

In February 2007 "New Horizons" swung past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies. The spacecraft is scheduled to reach Pluto and its moons, in July 2015. Then, as part of an extended mission, the spacecraft will head deeper into the Kuiper Belt to study one or more of the icy mini-worlds in that vast region beyond Pluto's orbit.



The purpose of this multicache is to give a sense of the size and scale of the planets in our solar system by walking a scale model of the "New Horizons" spacecrafts' route; along Skyway Drive trail.

Your journey begins at the "Sun," which is the posted coordinates.
Using the scale 1mm = approx. 4800km, imagine the sun as being 30.5cm (the size of a basketball); each planet, and its orbit are based on this scale.

You'll pass through the orbits of the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars), the Asteroid Belt, and the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto); the final cache being located within 10 meters of Pluto.

A bright yellow tag is staked into the ground at each reference point, this tag represents an astrological object. Travelling from point to point will take you deeper into space, and closer to the actual cache.

BONUS!!! - Record the numbers found on the reverse side of the reference point tags to discover the coordinates to the Mystery cache GC18F71 "Where Is 'Planet 'X"?
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This cache has been placed with permission from the Airport Authority. Any questions or concerns should be directed to the cache owner first before going to the Helena Regional Airport Public Safety Office.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Based on this scale, Proxima Centauri, the star at the center of the Alpha Centauri system, and our nearest neighboring star, would be how far from our own Sun? (ie: Great Falls, Seattle, my uncle Joe's house, etc.) The answer is in the cache container. Be sure to include your original guess when you log your find, but please don't give the answer away!]

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)

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