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Clyde Tombaugh, an Uncommon card
Clyde William Tombaugh was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, marking the first detection of what would eventually be recognized as the Kuiper belt.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 62,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Clyde Tombaugh quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Clyde Tombaugh card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
At the time, Pluto was referred to as the ninth planet in the Solar System, a ______ that stood for over seven decades.
Answer
classification. At the time, Pluto was referred to as the ninth planet in the Solar System, a classification that stood for over seven decades. From the Clyde Tombaugh article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Clyde William Tombaugh was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in ____, marking the first detection of what would eventually be recognized as the Kuiper belt.
Answer
1930s. Clyde William Tombaugh was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, marking the first detection of what would eventually be recognized as the Kuiper belt. From the Clyde Tombaugh article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Coast guard. Coast guard 82 · Commodity market 79 · Clyde Tombaugh 75 · Beer pong 71 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- At the time, Pluto was referred to as the ninth planet in the Solar System, a classification that stood for over seven decades.
- Born in Illinois, and raised on farms in Kansas, Tombaugh was largely self-taught in astronomy and optical engineering, building his own telescopes from spare parts and grinding lenses by hand.
- His skill and determination led to a position at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he conducted photographic surveys of the night sky.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Clyde Tombaugh article was read about 62,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Clyde Tombaugh
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Clyde Tombaugh (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
