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In 1801, this body was re-discovered after a 24-year-old Carl Friedrich Gauss created an orbit calculation method. Bright spots called faculae in this body’s occator crater may (15[1])be caused by magnesium sulfate hexahydrite 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. Giuseppe Piazzi discovered this only dwarf planet within the orbit (10[1]-5[1])of Neptune. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited both Vesta and (10[1])this body. For 10 points, identify this largest body in the asteroid belt, named for a goddess (10[1])of agriculture. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Ceres [or 1 Ceres]
<Science - Other, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 06
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Jas WangAlbanian Rift in the SkyPrat Pack2615
Skanda VasishtaBig Brown BallersBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo72-5
Ayush PatelLeif Eriksen's Striking AppearanceMidnight Bus to Vista7210
Rae MeyersTaman's Nepo Babieswhatever8110
Nikola WuHeauton TimorumenosWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience9810
Vivienne RuemlerBasileus II: Electric BoogalooBig Brown Ballers10110

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓683%17%67%75.40
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓3100%33%33%72.33
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓367%0%67%87.50
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓4100%0%50%86.75
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%20%20%75.60
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓3100%0%33%85.33
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓4100%0%0%73.50
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓367%0%67%92.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓580%40%40%61.75
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%0%50%79.63