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Saturn's Titan Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 1/7/2008
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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The cache is not at the above listed coordinates.
Part of the Finding Pluto Series, you must locate Saturn and apply the offset.
See Finding Pluto for the full story.

Titan is the largest moon of the ringed planet Saturn. It is the only moon in the Solar System to have a dense atmosphere. Just slightly smaller than Ganymede, Titans relative size is 3/8 of an inch across, orbiting at a distance of 7 feet from an 8.25” diameter Saturn.

The Rings of Saturn are a thin band of mostly ice crystals extending out from the equator. At this scale, they would start about ½” an inch from Saturn’s surface; be about 8 inches wide and molecules thin.

Humans have landed a probe on Titan from a mission called Cassini-Huygens. Scientists believe Titan, with its thick atmosphere, resembles early Earth. The probe, Huygens, landed on 2005 after an 8 year voyage.

To find Saturn’s Titan make the following adjustments to Saturn’s decimal minutes
Add 00.050 to the North
Add 00.067 to the West

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)