RPSEC - Dwarf Planet Haumea Traditional Geocache

The Dwarf Planet Haumea cache is part of the solar system cache series that forms an immersive, scaled model of our solar system in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA). The 5-meter (16.4-feet) dome of the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center (RPSEC) Observatory represents the diameter of the Sun known as Sol. The distance from the observatory to this cache is over 14 miles, which is the average distance of the orbit of Haumea around the Sun. The geocache itself is the size of an ammo can with an image of Haumea attached to the outside. The image of Haumea is scaled to the actual size if the Sun was 5 meters in diameter.

This cache was published on Leap Day, February 29, 2016, and the cache was hidden near Exit 29 on Interstate 20 in South Carolina. Those two numbers must be significant somehow.

Haumea is one of the dwarf planets. Here are the Dwarf planets listed in order from the Sun. Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake and Eris.

Haumea Facts:

• Haumea is more eliptical than the other dwarf planets.
• Haumea takes 283.28 Earth Years to orbit the Sun
• A day on Haumea lasts 3.9 hours.
• Haumea was discovered on December 28, 2004
• Haumea is named for the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility
• The known moons are Hi’iaka & Namaka, named after the daughters of the Hawaiian goddess

Be sure to obtain the code from the cache container in order to find the final Sun cache location.

All First Day Finders (FDF) receive a FDF Award Card.

Congratulations to geogin10 and gogokitty9 who sought and were FTF Dward Planet Haumea.

RPSEC Solar System Series:

1. RPSEC Mercury - http://coord.info/GC3HQQH
2. RPSEC Venus - http://coord.info/GC3JGQ4
3. RPSEC Earth - http://coord.info/GC3V76Q
4. RPSEC Mars - http://coord.info/GC41QMY
5. RPSEC Dwarf Planet Ceres - http://coord.info/GC4342F
6. RPSEC Jupiter - http://coord.info/GC49K1F
7. RPSEC Saturn - http://coord.info/GC532M6
8. RPSEC Uranus - http://coord.info/GC5FFXH
9. RPSEC Neptune - http://coord.info/GC5QGBB
10. RPSEC Dwarf Planet Pluto - http://coord.info/GC63TR7
11. RPSEC Dwarf Planet Haumea - http://coord.info/GC6BXJ4
12. RPSEC Dwarf Planet Makemake - http://coord.info/GC6F1RZ
13. RPSEC Dwarf Planet Eris - http://coord.info/GC6HVTA
14. RPSEC Sun - https://coord.info/GC6VW9W - get the cache codes from the first 13 Solar System Series caches to find the Sun.
    Solar System in One Day Honor Roll. Find all of the above caches in one day and be included in the honor roll located on the RPSEC Sun page.
    
    
15. RPSEC Ultima Thule - http://coord.info/GC81EPX