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Equatorial bulge, an Uncommon card
An equatorial bulge is a difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of a planet, due to the centrifugal force exerted by the rotation about the body's axis.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 31
- Power
- 92
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 27,000
Power 92 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Equatorial bulge quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Equatorial bulge card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A ______ body tends to form an oblate spheroid rather than a sphere.
Answer
rotating. A rotating body tends to form an oblate spheroid rather than a sphere. From the Equatorial bulge article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Equatorial bulge. Equatorial bulge 61 · AN/PSQ-42 56 · Iron(II) oxide 51 · List of goat cheeses 48 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.
- A rotating body tends to form an oblate spheroid rather than a sphere.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Equatorial bulge article was read about 27,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Equatorial bulge
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Equatorial bulge (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Metathrope, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
