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Arecibo Observatory, an Uncommon card
The Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center and formerly known as the Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory, is an observatory in Barrio Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, owned by the US National Science Foundation.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Ranked #2,274 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Arecibo Observatory quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Arecibo Observatory card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
On August 10 and November 6, ____, two of the receiver's support cables broke and the NSF announced that it would decommission the telescope.
Answer
2020s. On August 10 and November 6, 2020, two of the receiver's support cables broke and the NSF announced that it would decommission the telescope. From the Arecibo Observatory article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Noether's theorem. Noether's theorem 81 · Traditional animation 78 · Aerodynamics 74 · Arecibo Observatory 71 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
G. H. Hardy. G. H. Hardy 230,000 · Arecibo Observatory 150,000 · Barber 100,000 · Akita Prefecture 79,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- The observatory's main instrument was the Arecibo Telescope, a 305 m spherical reflector dish built into a natural sinkhole, with a cable-mount steerable receiver and several radar transmitters for emitting signals mounted 150 m above the dish.
- Completed in 1963, it was the world's largest single-aperture telescope for 53 years, surpassed in July 2016 by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope in China.
- On August 10 and November 6, 2020, two of the receiver's support cables broke and the NSF announced that it would decommission the telescope.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Arecibo Observatory article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Arecibo Observatory
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Arecibo Observatory (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
