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Aśvaghoṣa, a Common card
Aśvaghoṣa is an impact crater on Mercury. It is a nearly circular formation, and its rim remains intact, except where it is broken at its southern side, and at its northern side by an indentation from two conjoined craters.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 35
- DEF
- 27
- Power
- 62
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 340
Power 62 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 5 % of WikiCards cards.
Aśvaghoṣa quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Aśvaghoṣa card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
On the crater floor is a ______ mountain that rises to multiple peaks.
Answer
central. On the crater floor is a central mountain that rises to multiple peaks. From the Aśvaghoṣa article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The crater is named for Indian philosopher and poet Aśvaghoṣa, and its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in ____.
Answer
1970s. The crater is named for Indian philosopher and poet Aśvaghoṣa, and its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. From the Aśvaghoṣa 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.
- On the crater floor is a central mountain that rises to multiple peaks.
- Hollows are present on the crater floor around the peaks, and a few are near the crater rim.
- The crater is named for Indian philosopher and poet Aśvaghoṣa, and its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Aśvaghoṣa article was read about 340 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 35 and blocks with 27: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Aśvaghoṣa (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
