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Uncommon card · History
George Biddell Airy, an Uncommon card
Sir George Biddell Airy was an English mathematician and astronomer, as well as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 1826 to 1828 and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 18,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His many achievements include work on planetary orbits, measuring the mean density of the Earth, a method of solution of two-dimensional problems in solid mechanics and, in his role as Astronomer Royal, establishing Greenwich as the location of the prime meridian.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The George Biddell Airy article was read about 18,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get George Biddell Airy
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, George Biddell Airy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Morgan & Kidd, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
