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Uncommon card · Science
Celestial equator, an Uncommon card
The celestial equator is the great circle of the imaginary celestial sphere on the same plane as the equator of a planet, by convention generally Earth.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 47
- DEF
- 21
- Power
- 68
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 41,000
Power 68 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Celestial equator quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Celestial equator card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
By extension, it is also a plane of reference in the ______ coordinate system.
Answer
equatorial. By extension, it is also a plane of reference in the equatorial coordinate system. From the Celestial equator article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Henry. Henry 52,000 · Celestial equator 41,000 · Jules Sottas 220 · Sociedade Propagadora dos Conhecimentos Úteis 140 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- By extension, it is also a plane of reference in the equatorial coordinate system.
- Because of the Earth's axial tilt, the celestial equator is currently inclined by about 23.44° with respect to the ecliptic, but has varied from about 22.0° to 24.5° over the past 5 million years as a result of Milankovitch cycles and perturbation from other planets.
- An observer standing on the Earth's equator visualizes the celestial equator as a semicircle passing through the zenith, the point directly overhead.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Celestial equator article was read about 41,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 47 and blocks with 21: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get Celestial equator
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Celestial equator (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dna-webmaster, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
