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Uncommon card · Science
Centaurus A, an Uncommon card
Centaurus A is a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 87
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 60,000
Ranked #1,805 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Centaurus A quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Centaurus A card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was ______ in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop from his home in Parramatta, in New South Wales, Australia.
Answer
discovered. It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop from his home in Parramatta, in New South Wales, Australia. From the Centaurus A article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dynamical system. Dynamical system 87 · Hipparchus 84 · Smoke grenade 80 · Centaurus A 72 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Dynamical system. Dynamical system 99,000 · Centaurus A 60,000 · Smoke grenade 41,000 · Internet censorship and surveillance in the Americas 6,600 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.
- It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop from his home in Parramatta, in New South Wales, Australia.
- There is considerable debate in the literature regarding the galaxy's fundamental properties such as its Hubble type and distance.
- It is the closest radio galaxy to Earth, as well as the closest BL Lac object, so its active galactic nucleus has been extensively studied by professional astronomers.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Centaurus A article was read about 60,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 87: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Centaurus A
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Centaurus A in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Civil societyUncommon · Society · ATK 80 DEF 79
- CounterinsurgencyUncommon · History · ATK 85 DEF 74
- Animal slaughterUncommon · Nature · ATK 77 DEF 82
- Dali KingdomUncommon · History · ATK 75 DEF 84
- Caroline HerschelUncommon · Science · ATK 74 DEF 85
- Finland under Swedish ruleUncommon · History · ATK 82 DEF 77
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Centaurus A (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ESO/WFI (Optical), MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (Submillimetre), NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et , CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
