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Music of the Spheres -Cosmos #4 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/22/2017
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The Cache is not at the given coordinates. In order to find the real coordinates of the cache you must solve the puzzle.


In ancient Greece, Pythagoras and his followers thought that celestial bodies made music. Pythagoras had already discovered the workings of musical pitch by way of vibration.

String instruments make visible vibrations that become sound.

Pythagoras, extrapolating these effects, reasoned that, because objects produced sound when in motion, planets moving in orbit should also produce a sound.

Given that their relative distances were concordant with musical intervals, Pythagoras surmised that the resulting sound must be a harmony—a “music of the spheres.” However, in this theory, the resulting sound should be so remarkably loud that humans should hear it on earth, and yet they do not seem to. Why was this sound inaudible? Pythagoras and his followers surmised that, because it was continually sounding, humans had no point of comparison—no real sense of silence or difference—and therefore could not distinguish it from our known idea of silence.

I wonder how Pythagoras would fair with this simple puzzle :)

The Puzzle

A) The Bringer of War

B) The Bringer of Peace

C) The Winged Messenger

D) The Bringer of Jollity

E) The Bringer of Old Age

F) The Magician

G) The Mystic

Formula

N53.(C-2)(B-2) .(A+1)(C+1) (E-A-3)

 W006.(E).(G-F)(F-C-B)(A-B)

 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Svaq gur zhfvp bs gur fcurerf gb znxr zhfvpny naq culfvpny beqref bhg bs punbf.

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)