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Dipole repeller, a Common card
The dipole repeller is a center of effective repulsion in the large-scale flow of galaxies in the neighborhood of the Milky Way, first detected in 2017.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 28
- Power
- 86
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 86 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Dipole repeller quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dipole repeller card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is thought to represent a large ______, the Dipole Repeller Void.
Answer
supervoid. It is thought to represent a large supervoid, the Dipole Repeller Void. From the Dipole repeller article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The dipole repeller is a center of effective repulsion in the large-scale flow of galaxies in the neighborhood of the Milky Way, first detected in ____.
Answer
2010s. The dipole repeller is a center of effective repulsion in the large-scale flow of galaxies in the neighborhood of the Milky Way, first detected in 2017. From the Dipole repeller article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dipole repeller. Dipole repeller 58 · Anant Agarwal 54 · HTT Pléthore 51 · Brood patch 47 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.
- It is thought to represent a large supervoid, the Dipole Repeller Void.
- The dipole repeller is directly opposed to the Shapley Attractor, an over-density of galaxies located in the Shapley Supercluster.
- The dipole repeller's apparent repulsion is due to matter in the vicinity being pulled towards the Shapley Attractor, along with the Great Attractor.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dipole repeller article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 28: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get Dipole repeller
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More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Dipole repeller in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Anant AgarwalCommon · Science · ATK 54 DEF 32
- Brood patchCommon · Nature · ATK 47 DEF 39
- Dino MeneghinCommon · Society · ATK 58 DEF 28
- Guillaume DupuytrenCommon · Science · ATK 60 DEF 26
- HTT PléthoreCommon · Society · ATK 51 DEF 35
- Marco SchwarzCommon · Society · ATK 63 DEF 23
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dipole repeller (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Evan Mason, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
