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Fast radio burst, an Uncommon card
In radio astronomy, a fast radio burst is a transient radio wave of duration ranging from a fraction of a millisecond, for an ultra-fast radio burst, to 3 seconds, caused by a high-energy astrophysical process that is not yet understood.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 92
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 185
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 45,000
Power 185 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Fast radio burst quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fast radio burst card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Astronomers estimate the average FRB releases as much energy in a ______ as the Sun puts out in three days.
Answer
millisecond. Astronomers estimate the average FRB releases as much energy in a millisecond as the Sun puts out in three days. From the Fast radio burst article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The first FRB was discovered by Duncan Lorimer and his student David Narkevic in ____ when they were looking through archival pulsar survey data, and it is therefore commonly referred to as the Lorimer burst.
Answer
2000s. The first FRB was discovered by Duncan Lorimer and his student David Narkevic in 2007 when they were looking through archival pulsar survey data, and it is therefore commonly referred to as the Lorimer burst. From the Fast radio burst article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships. COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships 100 · Gerard Krefft 97 · Fast radio burst 92 · Sustainability 85 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.
- Astronomers estimate the average FRB releases as much energy in a millisecond as the Sun puts out in three days.
- While extremely energetic at their source, the strength of the signal reaching Earth has been described as 1,000 times less than from a mobile phone on the Moon.
- The first FRB was discovered by Duncan Lorimer and his student David Narkevic in 2007 when they were looking through archival pulsar survey data, and it is therefore commonly referred to as the Lorimer burst.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Fast radio burst article was read about 45,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 92 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Fast radio burst (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Psr1909, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
