Question
Enhanced color images from the Ralph MVIC instrument show a large red area thought to be an impact crater on this object. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this object that James Christy discovered from observing a time-varying bulge at the Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station. This astronomical object contains the Kubrick Mons.
ANSWER: Charon [or (134340) Pluto I; reject “Pluto”]
[10m] Charon and the other moons of Pluto were first imaged by this probe that contains the Ralph instrument. This probe launched in 2006 is expected to exit the Kuiper Belt in 2029.
ANSWER: New Horizons
[10e] The LEISA instrument aboard New Horizons determined that Pluto’s value of this quantity was due to surface ice. Enceladus has the highest value of this quantity in the solar system since its surface reflects nearly all light.
ANSWER: albedo
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Summary
| California | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 10.00 | 67% | 17% | 17% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 83% | 0% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 7.50 | 50% | 25% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 89% | 78% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Vassar A | John Jay College | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Maryland A | Yale A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Maryland B | Rutgers A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| NYU A | Johns Hopkins A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Haverford B | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia C | Penn A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn B | George Washington A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia B | Cornell B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Haverford A | George Washington B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |