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10 Hygiea, an Uncommon card
10 Hygiea is a large asteroid in the outer region of the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 43,000
Ranked #937 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
10 Hygiea quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the 10 Hygiea card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was named after Hygieia, the Greek goddess of ______.
Answer
health. It was named after Hygieia, the Greek goddess of health. From the 10 Hygiea article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It was the tenth known asteroid, discovered on 12 April ____ by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis at the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples, Italy.
Answer
1840s. It was the tenth known asteroid, discovered on 12 April 1849 by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis at the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples, Italy. From the 10 Hygiea article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gaza Strip. Gaza Strip 99 · 486958 Arrokoth 89 · 10 Hygiea 84 · Salt 79 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was the tenth known asteroid, discovered on 12 April 1849 by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis at the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples, Italy.
- It was named after Hygieia, the Greek goddess of health.
- It is the fourth-largest main-belt asteroid by both volume and mass, with a mean diameter of 433 km and a mass constituting 3% of the main asteroid belt's total mass.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 10 Hygiea article was read about 43,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get 10 Hygiea
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, 10 Hygiea (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ESO/P. Vernazza et al./MISTRAL algorithm (ONERA/CNRS), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
