Jupiter Traditional Cache
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The fifth cache in this series. The cache is an ammo box hidden in
Prospector park just off the old Bulldog Mine road (more of a trail
now).
Jupiter has more than 60 known moons. I was going to try and fill
the container with 60 trade items, but I couldn't get them all to
fit. The log book is rather large, so you may have to scrunch it a
bit to get the lid to close.
FTF prize will help keep your GPS unit going, and going, and going,
and going...
Congratulations to nomads65 for the FTF!
BACKGROUND INFO
The caches hidden in this series will be placed at locations that
will perhaps help the cache finders gain an appreciation for the
relative sizes of the Sun and planets, as well as the distances
between them. Have fun!
THE SOLAR SYSTEM MODEL
In 2008, two roundabouts were constructed at the McKellips Rd.
& Loop 202 on & off ramps. The center of each roundabout
contains a concrete depiction of a rattlesnake. The inside diameter
of each roundabout is about 80 feet. Using this to represent our
Sun, I created a scaled model of our solar system of
1:57,000,000.
At this scale, one foot represents about 57 million feet in our
solar system; one mile on Earth represents about 57 million miles
in space. Thus the 80 foot diameter roundabout represents 4.56
billion feet in our solar system, or about the diameter of the
Sun!
The orbit of Jupiter is about 484 million miles from the center of
the Sun. Using this scaled model, with the eastern roundabout to
represent the Sun, the scaled orbit of Jupiter is 44,800 feet from
the center of the roundabout. This cache is placed about 44,800
feet from the center of the roundabout to represent the location of
Jupiter in space, relative to the Sun.
SOME OTHER INTERSTING FACTS:
The speed of light in space is about 671 million miles per hour. On
this model, the speed of light is about 11.8 miles per hour.
The diameter of Jupiter is about 143,000 miles. On this model,
Jupiter would be just over 8 feet in diameter.
OTHER CACHES IN THIS SERIES
MERCURY GC1VZEV
VENUS GC1W54Y
EARTH GC1W9Y1
MARS GC1WFBH
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Pybfrfg cnexvat ng gur pbeare bs ZpXryyvcf naq Pbegrm. Gura n 5 zvahgr jnyx gb gur pnpur.
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