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Calar Alto Observatory, a Common card
The Calar Alto Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Almería province in Spain on Calar Alto, a 2,168-meter-high mountain in the Sierra de Los Filabres subrange of the Sierra Nevada.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 96
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,000
Power 96 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Calar Alto Observatory quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Calar Alto Observatory card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was named the "German–Spanish ______ Centre".
Answer
Astronomical. It was named the "German–Spanish Astronomical Centre". From the Calar Alto Observatory article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Until ____, Calar Alto was owned and operated jointly by the German Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, and the Spanish Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia in Granada.
Answer
2010s. Until 2018, Calar Alto was owned and operated jointly by the German Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, and the Spanish Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia in Granada. From the Calar Alto Observatory article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Percy Ernst Schramm. Percy Ernst Schramm 64 · Louis de Freycinet 60 · Calar Alto Observatory 55 · Flocculent spiral galaxy 46 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Until 2018, Calar Alto was owned and operated jointly by the German Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, and the Spanish Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia in Granada.
- It was named the "German–Spanish Astronomical Centre".
- In 2019, the Council of Andalusia takes over the German partner, sharing the observatory with the Spanish National Research Council through its head institute, IAA-CSIC.
Why it is Common
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Text : Wikipedia, Calar Alto Observatory (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. Jorgechp assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
