TARDIS
Time and Relative Dimension
in Space
The TARDIS is a time machine and spacecraft in the British
science fiction television program Doctor Who and its associated
spin-offs.
A TARDIS is a product of the advanced technology of the Time Lords,
an extraterrestrial civilization to which the program's central
character, the Doctor, belongs. A properly maintained and piloted
TARDIS can transport its occupants to any point in time and any
place in the universe. The interior of a TARDIS is much larger than
its exterior, which can blend in with its surroundings using the
ship's "chameleon circuit".
Many people only think of time travel as fiction. But what if I
told you, not only is it possible, but as a geocacher you deal with
it every time you use your GPSr!
In the theory of relativity, time dilation is an observed
difference of elapsed time between two events as measured by
observers either moving relative to each other or differently
situated from gravitational masses. An accurate clock at rest with
respect to one observer may be measured to tick at a different rate
when compared to a second observer's own equally accurate clocks.
This effect arises neither from technical aspects of the clocks nor
from the fact that signals need time to propagate, but from the
nature of space-time itself.
What that means is, because of the GPS satellites orbit their
clocks have to be adjusted every day or their accuracy would be
severely affected!
In order to find this cache you need to take the number of
microseconds the clocks must be adjusted by (hint: its in the hint)
and use it as X to complete the simple math problems below to
figure out the final coordinates.
283,480/X=ABCD
84,550/X=WXYZ
Final coords: N36 0A.BCD W095 5W.XYZ
Like the TARDIS, this cache has changed it shape to blend in
with its environment. A hint for the final: From top left go 6'
down 6' accross.
For more information read GPS
and Relativity
