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Saturn Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

SueDan83: We are archiving this cache for the safety of our fellow geocachers.
The wasp nest at the original GZ has grown enormously.
We had placed instructions in red in the cache description and also a mention in the hint re moving the cache some 30m to a safer location. However, there are still geocachers visiting the original GZ. Perhaps they are given the coords from previous finders and haven't bothered to double check them in the checker.

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Hidden : 2/19/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES.

Check changes to GZ calculations below.

 

Saturn is the second-largest planet in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with an average radius about nine times that of Earth. It has only one-eighth the average density of Earth, but with its larger volume Saturn is over 95 times more massive. (Wikipedia)

 

Another pen and paper puzzle. All characters are needed for this solution.

The coordinates for the cache container can be determined from the string of text below:

An alternative to the above string of text, which may be easier to work through:

XSEOEURTHHTTEHNIORETEYRFHOTUTRNDIEOGPREEEERSHFTOYUTRRPOOFISNETEZREGREODFYITVFEIOFNDENEAADSETRODNNEUH

 

 

Due to a wasp nest which is now at the coordinates from the puzzle (original GZ), the magnetic mint tin has been moved to the other end of this short guard rail. To obtain the new GZ coordinates, modify the answer from the above puzzle by adding 3 to the southing and subtracting 9 from the easting.

The checker has been modified for these new coordinates.

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Thneq envy. Abgr gur punatrf gb TM pnyphyngvbaf va erq.

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)