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Axial precession, an Uncommon card
In astronomy, axial precession is a gravity-induced, slow, and continuous change in the orientation of an astronomical body's rotational axis.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 152
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 99,000
Power 152 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Axial precession quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Axial precession card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In the absence of precession, the ______ body's orbit would show axial parallelism.
Answer
astronomical. In the absence of precession, the astronomical body's orbit would show axial parallelism. From the Axial precession article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Axial precession. Axial precession 80 · Clipper 74 · B cell 70 · Fungal infection 67 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In the absence of precession, the astronomical body's orbit would show axial parallelism.
- In particular, Earth's axial precession is the gradual shift in the orientation of Earth's axis of rotation.
- It has a cycle of approximately 26,000 years, tracing out a double cone with a half-aperture of about 23.4°, an angle known as the obliquity of the ecliptic.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Axial precession 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 80 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Axial precession (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Mysid, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
