Question
This object is the namesake of a class of objects that includes Leleākūhonua and VP113, or “Biden.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this prototypical example of trans-Neptunian objects with elongated orbits far from the sun.
ANSWER: Sedna [or 90377 Sedna; or 2003 VB12; accept sednoids]
[10e] Sedna’s eccentric orbit gave credence to the theory of an undetected planet of this number in the outer Solar System, which would likely exist at a distance of about 400 AU (“a-u”).
ANSWER: nine [accept Planet Nine]
[10m] Along with Trujillo and Rabinowitz, this astronomer’s discovery of Sedna and similar objects Makemake (MAH-kay MAH-kay) and Eris led to the demotion of Pluto, as recounted in his memoir How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming.
ANSWER: Michael E. Brown
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Summary
| 2024 ESPN @ Brown | 04/06/2024 | Y | 3 | 3.33 | 33% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Cambridge | 04/06/2024 | Y | 2 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Chicago | 03/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Columbia | 03/23/2024 | Y | 7 | 10.00 | 43% | 43% | 14% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Online | 06/01/2024 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 25% | 25% |
Data
| Tunks et al. | Free-ish Agents | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Williams et al. | Cleo: 5/7 movie | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Riley et al. | World's Fair Wiggle Walk | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Houston Junior College | The Present King of James is Bald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |