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Common card · Science
Flocculent spiral galaxy, a Common card
A flocculent spiral galaxy is a type of spiral galaxy. Unlike the well-defined spiral architecture of a grand design spiral galaxy, flocculent galaxies are patchy, with discontinuous spiral arms.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 46
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 96
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,200
Power 96 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Flocculent spiral galaxy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Flocculent spiral galaxy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The multiple-arm type is ______ grouped into the flocculent category.
Answer
sometimes. The multiple-arm type is sometimes grouped into the flocculent category. From the Flocculent spiral galaxy article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Wilhelm Dörpfeld. Wilhelm Dörpfeld 63 · John E. Walker 59 · Karl Ernst Claus 55 · Flocculent spiral galaxy 46 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.
- Self-propagating star formation is the apparent explanation for the structure of flocculent spirals.
- Approximately 30% of spirals are flocculent, 10% are grand design, and the rest are referred to as "multi-armed".
- The multiple-arm type is sometimes grouped into the flocculent category.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Flocculent spiral galaxy article was read about 6,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 46 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Flocculent spiral galaxy
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Flocculent spiral galaxy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : European Space Agency, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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