GSS06: Jupiter - Geolympix Solar System Traditional Geocache

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Simply Paul: Picked up today as part of my devilish plan to destroy The Solar System. Thanks to all who voyaged this far - I got lost in the woods due to bypassing giant puddles on the track so it took a while to recover and remove. Sorry to those who DNF'd it. The largest body in local space, after the sun...

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Hidden : 3/30/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The Geolympix Solar System Series was inspired by a visit to Zürich in 2010, where I saw a 1:1bn scale solar system. GSS caches are hidden at scale distances from the 'sun'; the golden globe atop West Wycombe church.

Based on a 1:300,000,000 scale, each cache contains a planet to the same scale - or at 70% here. It should be 23cm across - and is sited at the correct distance from the globe. Thus, if you could see it from the Earth cache, the golden globe would appear to be 1/2 of a degree across, just as the sun appears from the Earth.

Jupiter is by far the largest body in the solar system, after the sun itself. So large that it's shown in the cache at about 2/3 scale, so it'd fit in the box! Don't forget to collect the number and letter you need here, if you wish to find Neptune and the caches beyond.

Other caches in this series:
GSS01: Mercury - Geolympix Solar System
GSS02: Venus - Geolympix Solar System
GSS03: Earth - Geolympix Solar System
GSS04: Mars - Geolympix Solar System
GSS05: Ceres - Geolympix Solar System
GSS06: Jupiter - Geolympix Solar System - HERE!
GSS07: Saturn - Geolympix Solar System
GSS08: Uranus - Geolympix Solar System
GSS09: Neptune - Geolympix Solar System
GSS10: Pluto - Geolympix Solar System
GSS11: Eris - Geolympix Solar System
GSS12: Remote - Geolympix Solar System

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Slightly north of co-ords] Onfr bs gerr - abg n gevpx pyhr!

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)


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