Round 6: Tossup 5

In 1801, this body was re-discovered after a 24-year-old Carl Friedrich Gauss (-5[1])created (15[1])an orbit calculation method. Bright spots called faculae in this body’s occator crater may be caused by magnesium sulfate hexahydrite (-5[1])brine. Rising mud may explain a positive mass anomaly near this body’s bright streaked Ahuna Mons cryovolcano. This was the last body whose orbit was found using the (*) Titus-Bode Law. (-5[1])Giuseppe (10[1]-5[1])Piazzi discovered this only dwarf planet within the orbit of Neptune. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited both Vesta and this body. For 10 points, identify this largest body in the asteroid belt, (0[1])named for a goddess of agriculture. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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