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Carolyn S. Shoemaker, a Common card
Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker was an American astronomer and a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 52
- Power
- 131
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Carolyn S. Shoemaker quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carolyn S. Shoemaker card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She ______ 32 comets and more than 500 asteroids.
Answer
discovered. She discovered 32 comets and more than 500 asteroids. From the Carolyn S. Shoemaker article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Carolyn S. Shoemaker. Carolyn S. Shoemaker 79 · Ben Feringa 73 · HP 9000 70 · Glass art 66 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- She discovered 32 comets and more than 500 asteroids.
- Having earned degrees in history, political science, and English literature, she had little interest in planetary science until she met and married geologist Eugene Merle Shoemaker.
- Her career in astronomy began when she demonstrated good stereoscopic vision, a particularly valuable quality for looking for objects in near-Earth space.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carolyn S. Shoemaker article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 52: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Carolyn S. Shoemaker
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- Han YuCommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 62
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carolyn S. Shoemaker (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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