This cache takes you to an artwork representing the planet Jupiter, which is the largest in the solar system and the fifth planet from the sun. The Kirkhill Pillar Project has recreated an 18th century model of the solar system over a large part of West Lothian.
Jupiter was known to astronomers of ancient times and named by the Romans after the king of the gods. It is composed mainly of the gases hydrogen and helium. The outer atmosphere is separated into various bands which flow around the planet with turbulence or storms at their boundaries. The Great Red Spot is the most famous, having been observed since the 17th century.
Jupiter and the Great Red Spot
Jupiter is represented by a painted model encased in acrylic and attached to the top of a tall oak beam. The mirrored discs on metal poles which surround it represent the many moons of Jupiter. On the Kirkhill scale, Jupiter is 184mm in diameter and 1000.67m from the Sun at Broxburn Academy.
Don't forget to make a note of the bonus information for G on the log sheet to find Halley's Comet
