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Aristarchus of Samos, an Uncommon card
Aristarchus of Samos was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician who presented the first known heliocentric model that placed the Sun at the center of the universe, with the Earth revolving around the Sun once a year and rotating about its axis once a day.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 99,000
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Aristarchus of Samos quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Aristarchus of Samos card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
According to Ptolemy, Aristarchus observed the ______ solstice of 280 BC.
Answer
summer. According to Ptolemy, Aristarchus observed the summer solstice of 280 BC. From the Aristarchus of Samos article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Divergence. Divergence 71 · Aristarchus of Samos 68 · Calcium oxide 65 · Pulley 62 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Calcium oxide. Calcium oxide 180,000 · Buoyancy 140,000 · Aristarchus of Samos 99,000 · Differential calculus 70,000 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.
- He also supported the theory of Anaxagoras that the Sun was just another star.
- Born in Samos in approximately 310 BC, Aristarchus likely moved to Alexandria and became a student of Strato of Lampsacus, who later became the head of the Peripatetic school in Greece.
- According to Ptolemy, Aristarchus observed the summer solstice of 280 BC.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Aristarchus of Samos article was read about 99,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Aristarchus of Samos
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Aristarchus of Samos (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Claudio Camozzi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
