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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. (15[1])Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for successfully performing this task. (-5[1])The (*) radial velocity method is a (10[1])technique for this task. The transit method was used (10[1])to perform this task successfully over 2000 times by the Kepler telescope. (10[1])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
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Pratyush JaishankerPrat PackAlways Set the Kurve3215
Andrew ShenWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl ExperienceBasileus II: Electric Boogaloo49-5
Nolan DannelsAlbanian Rift in the SkyLeif Eriksen's Striking Appearance5510
Andrew NucciDon't Ever Take Sides Against the FamilyTaman's Nepo Babies6410
Ashwin AnandwhateverBig Brown Ballers7610
Michael FayerBasileus II: Electric BoogalooWith Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience10510

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