I'm not really an asteroid but I am a cache
located within a 1:93,000,000 scale model of the Solar System where
the asteroids are located.
Northern
Maine’s Aroostook County hosts a 40-mile long scale model of the
Solar System. At this scale, one mile along U.S. Route 1 equals the
distance from the Earth to the Sun, known as an “astronomical
unit.” The sun is located at the Northern Maine Museum of Science
in Folsom Hall on the campus of the University of Maine at Presque
Isle; Pluto can be seen at the Houlton Information Center, just
north of the Interstate 95 interchange. The remaining eight planets
are visible at their scale locations along Route 1 as
follows:
(Planet ---
South Bound Distance(North Bound Distance))
Sun
--- 0.0 miles (40.1 miles)
Mercury ---
0.4 miles (39.7 miles)
Venus
--- 0.7 miles (39.4 miles)
Earth ---
1.0 miles (39.1 miles)
Mars ---
1.6 miles (38.9 miles)
Asteroids
--- 2.7 miles (37.4 miles)
Jupiter
--- 5.2 miles (34.9 miles)
Saturn
--- 9.7 miles (30.4 miles)
Uranus
--- 19.5 miles (12.6 miles)
Neptune
--- 31.0 miles (9.1 miles)
Pluto ---
40.1 miles (0.0 miles)
Visit the
Solar System webpage at: www.umpi.maine/info/nmms/solar
All of the
planets are in their locations but not the asteroids so I felt that
it was a good place for a cache. It contains a logbook and other
items. Please make sure to return it to its hiding spot.