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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, a Common card
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel was a German astronomer, mathematician, physicist, and geodesist.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Ranked #2,416 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was the first astronomer who determined reliable values for the distance from the Sun to another star by the method of ______.
Answer
parallax. He was the first astronomer who determined reliable values for the distance from the Sun to another star by the method of parallax. From the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Principles of intelligent urbanism. Principles of intelligent urbanism 76 · Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel 70 · Gold extraction 66 · Amphibole 61 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Amphibole. Amphibole 44,000 · Gold extraction 24,000 · Biological pigment 19,000 · Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel 12,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- He was the first astronomer who determined reliable values for the distance from the Sun to another star by the method of parallax.
- Certain important mathematical functions were first studied systematically by Bessel and were named Bessel functions in his honour.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Christian Albrecht Jensen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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