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Uncommon card · Science
2060 Chiron, an Uncommon card
2060 Chiron is a ringed small Solar System body in the outer Solar System, orbiting the Sun between Saturn and Uranus.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 58,000
Ranked #1,360 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
2060 Chiron quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the 2060 Chiron card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Chiron is named after the ______ Chiron in Greek mythology.
Answer
centaur. Chiron is named after the centaur Chiron in Greek mythology. From the 2060 Chiron article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Discovered in ____ by Charles Kowal, it was the first-identified member of a new class of objects now known as centaurs, bodies orbiting between the asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt.
Answer
1970s. Discovered in 1977 by Charles Kowal, it was the first-identified member of a new class of objects now known as centaurs, bodies orbiting between the asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt. From the 2060 Chiron article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Computer. Computer 89 · Charging station 86 · Substance use disorder 80 · 2060 Chiron 76 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.
- Discovered in 1977 by Charles Kowal, it was the first-identified member of a new class of objects now known as centaurs, bodies orbiting between the asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt.
- Chiron is named after the centaur Chiron in Greek mythology.
- Although it was initially called an asteroid and classified only as a minor planet with the designation "2060 Chiron", in 1989 it was found to exhibit behavior typical of a comet.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 2060 Chiron article was read about 58,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get 2060 Chiron
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, 2060 Chiron (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Hubble Space Telescope/Karen Meech, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
