Round 6: Tossup 5
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 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 of Neptune. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited both Vesta and this body. For 10 points, identify this largest body in the asteroid belt, named for a goddess of agriculture. ■END■
ANSWER: Ceres [or 1 Ceres]
<Science - Other, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 06
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex An | Chapel Hill A | Cary Academy | 23 | 15 |
| James Li | Chapel Hill B | East Chapel Hill | 65 | -5 |
| Sowrish Komaragiri | Tantaene Animis Caelestibus Irae | Grimsley | 93 | 10 |
| Max Green | East Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill B | 101 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 83% | 17% | 67% | 75.40 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 72.33 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 67% | 0% | 67% | 87.50 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 86.75 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 20% | 20% | 75.60 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 85.33 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 73.50 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 67% | 0% | 67% | 92.00 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 40% | 40% | 61.75 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 79.63 |