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Cassini–Huygens, a Rare card
Cassini–Huygens, commonly called Cassini, was a joint space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 91
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 210,000
Ranked #1,125 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Cassini–Huygens quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cassini–Huygens card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The two craft took their names from the ______ Giovanni Cassini and Christiaan Huygens.
Answer
astronomers. The two craft took their names from the astronomers Giovanni Cassini and Christiaan Huygens. From the Cassini–Huygens article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cassini–Huygens. Cassini–Huygens 91 · Abu Simbel 85 · Clovis culture 81 · Synthesizer 78 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The Flagship-class robotic spacecraft comprised both NASA's Cassini space probe and ESA's Huygens lander, which landed on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
- Cassini was the fourth space probe to visit Saturn and the first to enter its orbit, where it stayed from 2004 to 2017.
- The two craft took their names from the astronomers Giovanni Cassini and Christiaan Huygens.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cassini–Huygens article was read about 210,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 91 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Cassini–Huygens
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cassini–Huygens (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA/JPL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
