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Round 8: Tossup 2

Description acceptable. Technology being developed to improve a technique for this task include coronagraphs and starshades. A mission planned for 2026, PLATO, will perform this task, which is currently being performed by TESS. Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for successfully performing this task. The (*) radial velocity method is a technique for this task. (10[1]-5[1])The transit method was used to perform this task (10[1])successfully over 2000 times by the Kepler telescope. Current initiatives for this task are focused on searching within a "Goldilocks zone." For 10 points, name this task of finding new objects in orbit around other stars. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: detecting exoplanets [or exoplanet detection; accept descriptions of finding exoplanets or finding new planets; accept descriptions of searching for new planets or searching for habitable planets]
<Science - Other, Rohan Kher> | VAULT II Packet 08
= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Stephen DonoghueSheffield BEdinburgh5910
Adam LewisManchester BSheffield A59-5
Alec CsukaiManchester AChimera6810
Ben RichardsSheffield AManchester B10510

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓6100%67%17%50.67
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓3100%67%0%57.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓3100%33%33%54.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓475%0%25%69.33
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%20%20%66.40
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%0%33%77.33
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%0%50%76.50
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓3100%33%0%57.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓5100%20%40%77.80
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓888%38%25%61.71