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Comet Hale–Bopp, a Rare card
Comet Hale–Bopp is a long-period comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 290,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Comet Hale–Bopp quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Comet Hale–Bopp card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Its ______ nucleus size made it visible to the naked eye for a record 18 months.
Answer
massive. Its massive nucleus size made it visible to the naked eye for a record 18 months. From the Comet Hale–Bopp article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp discovered Comet Hale–Bopp separately on July 23, ____, before it became visible to the naked eye.
Answer
1990s. Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp discovered Comet Hale–Bopp separately on July 23, 1995, before it became visible to the naked eye. From the Comet Hale–Bopp article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Laser. Laser 89 · Chișinău 84 · Rosary 81 · Comet Hale–Bopp 77 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.
- Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp discovered Comet Hale–Bopp separately on July 23, 1995, before it became visible to the naked eye.
- It is difficult to predict the maximum brightness of new comets with any degree of certainty, but Hale–Bopp exceeded most predictions when it passed perihelion on April 1, 1997, reaching about magnitude −1.8.
- Its massive nucleus size made it visible to the naked eye for a record 18 months.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Comet Hale–Bopp article was read about 290,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Comet Hale–Bopp
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Comet Hale–Bopp (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : E. Kolmhofer, H. Raab, Johannes-Kepler-Observatory, Linz, Austria ( https://sternwarte.at , CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
