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Asteroid mining, an Uncommon card
Asteroid mining is the hypothetical and technically possible extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 88
- DEF
- 89
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 70,000
Ranked #1,108 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Asteroid mining quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Asteroid mining card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As of 2024, around 127 grams of asteroid ______ have been successfully brought to Earth from space.
Answer
material. As of 2024, around 127 grams of asteroid material have been successfully brought to Earth from space. From the Asteroid mining article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Asteroid mining. Asteroid mining 88 · Huldrych Zwingli 83 · Paco de Lucía 80 · Anna Akhmatova 77 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Huldrych Zwingli. Huldrych Zwingli 130,000 · Ancient Greek architecture 93,000 · Asteroid mining 70,000 · Amos Bronson Alcott 53,000 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.
- Research missions focused on asteroid sample return, including Hayabusa, Hayabusa2, OSIRIS-REx, and Tianwen-2, illustrate the challenges of collecting ore from space using current technology.
- As of 2024, around 127 grams of asteroid material have been successfully brought to Earth from space.
- Asteroid research missions are complex endeavors that yield a tiny amount of material: less than 100 milligrams for Hayabusa, 5.4 grams for Hayabusa2, and approximately 121.6 grams for OSIRIS-REx, with Tianwen-2 mission currently ongoing.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Asteroid mining article was read about 70,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 88 and blocks with 89: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Asteroid mining
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Asteroid mining (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Pablo Carlos Budassi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
