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Fine-structure constant Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/5/2019
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


NOT AT THE ABOVE COORDINATES

The cache solution is located here:

N 32433.17815

W 67988.40451 

The Arecibo radio telescope has proved that the fine structure constant has not changed by more than 1.3 parts per million in the last 3 billion years, slightly improving upon the previous estimation (which was on a longer time period).

Fine-structure constant is a mathematical concept that would be recognized anywhere in the universe.

It is simply how things are. The number is:  1/137.036  FSC 

In 1974, Frank Drake, Carl Sagan and several other scientists sent the Arecibo Message into space.

It contained basic math and other information intended to establish contact with other life in the universe.

They aimed it at the star cluster M13 and the world waited in anticipation for a response… 

But it would take 22,800 years for the message to reach someone in M13…unless they come to us first.

        Are we alone in the universe?

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

SFP

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)