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Asteroids in fiction, a Common card
Asteroids have appeared in fiction since at least the late 1800s, the first one, Ceres, having been discovered in 1801.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 162
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,000
Ranked #1,709 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Asteroids in fiction quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Asteroids in fiction card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They were initially only used infrequently as writers preferred the ______ as settings.
Answer
planets. They were initially only used infrequently as writers preferred the planets as settings. From the Asteroids in fiction article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Exam. Exam 81 · Asteroids in fiction 78 · Box lacrosse 74 · THAP3 71 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Exam. Exam 53,000 · Agricultural pollution 15,000 · Asteroids in fiction 6,000 · THAP3 300 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.
- They were initially only used infrequently as writers preferred the planets as settings.
- The once-popular Phaëton hypothesis, which states that the asteroid belt consists of the remnants of the former fifth planet that existed in an orbit between Mars and Jupiter before somehow being destroyed, has been a recurring theme with various explanations for the planet's destruction proposed.
- This hypothetical former planet is in science fiction often called "Bodia" in reference to Johann Elert Bode, for whom the since-discredited Titius–Bode law that predicts the planet's existence is named.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Asteroids in fiction article was read about 6,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Asteroids in fiction (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/ NSF /AURA/J. Lomberg, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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