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433 Eros, an Uncommon card
433 Eros is a stony asteroid of the Amor group, and the first discovered, and second-largest near-Earth object.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 141
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Ranked #2,095 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
433 Eros quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the 433 Eros card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It has an ______ shape and a volume-equivalent diameter of approximately 16.8 kilometers.
Answer
elongated. It has an elongated shape and a volume-equivalent diameter of approximately 16.8 kilometers. From the 433 Eros article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The asteroid was discovered by German astronomer C. G. Witt at the Berlin Observatory on 13 August ____ in an eccentric orbit between Mars and Earth.
Answer
1890s. The asteroid was discovered by German astronomer C. G. Witt at the Berlin Observatory on 13 August 1898 in an eccentric orbit between Mars and Earth. From the 433 Eros article on Wikipedia.
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 has an elongated shape and a volume-equivalent diameter of approximately 16.8 kilometers.
- The asteroid was discovered by German astronomer C. G. Witt at the Berlin Observatory on 13 August 1898 in an eccentric orbit between Mars and Earth.
- It was later named after Eros, a god from Greek mythology, the son of Aphrodite, the Greek equivalent of the Roman goddess Venus.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 433 Eros article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, 433 Eros (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA/JPL/JHUAPL (color version published at Planetary Society), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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