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Giant Magellan Telescope, an Uncommon card
The Giant Magellan Telescope is a ground-based, extremely large telescope currently under construction at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 49,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Giant Magellan Telescope quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Giant Magellan Telescope card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Commissioning of the telescope is ______ in the early 2030s.
Answer
anticipated. Commissioning of the telescope is anticipated in the early 2030s. From the Giant Magellan Telescope article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Climate of the Arctic. Climate of the Arctic 80 · Honoré Daumier 77 · Giant Magellan Telescope 74 · Cryosphere 69 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Australian feral camel. Australian feral camel 100,000 · Great spotted woodpecker 80,000 · Giant Magellan Telescope 49,000 · Climate of the Arctic 33,000 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.
- With a primary mirror diameter of 25.4 meters, it is expected to be the largest Gregorian telescope ever built, observing in optical and mid-infrared wavelengths.
- Commissioning of the telescope is anticipated in the early 2030s.
- The GMT will feature seven of the world's largest mirrors, collectively providing a light-collecting area of 368 square meters.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Giant Magellan Telescope article was read about 49,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Giant Magellan Telescope
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, Giant Magellan Telescope (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Giant Magellan Telescope - GMTO Corporation, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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