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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

HeardPPBE %M %H %
4518.6791%67%29%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
ExhibitionInnovation A10101030HEM
HooverInnovation B10101030HEM
Johns CreekChattahoochee A10101030HEM
Lambert ALambert B10101030HEM
MidtownChattahoochee B10101030HEM
Northview BNorthview A010010E

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓626.67100%83%83%
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓323.33100%100%33%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓320.00100%100%0%
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓417.50100%50%25%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓526.00100%100%60%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓313.3367%67%0%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓417.50100%75%0%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓410.0050%25%25%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓514.00100%20%20%
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓816.2588%63%13%