Packet 4: Bonus 12
This body is thought to have reversed its migration due to a 2:1 orbital resonance in the “grand tack” hypothesis. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this body whose radius shrinks about two centimeters each year through a net loss of radiation described by the Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism.
ANSWER: Jupiter
[10e] According to recent measurements, this large anti-cyclonic system on Jupiter has shrunk due to a “diet” of small eddies. This is the largest storm in the Solar System.
ANSWER: Great Red Spot [prompt on Great Spot or Red Spot]
[10m] This innermost moon of Jupiter shrinks roughly one ton in mass every second due to its high volcanic activity. This moon causes the formation of a large plasma torus around Jupiter’s atmosphere.
ANSWER: Io
<Science - Other, Spencer Manning> | VAULT II Packet 04
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 18.67 | 91% | 67% | 29% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 26.67 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 26.00 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 16.25 | 88% | 63% | 13% |