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Great Comet of 1819, a Common card
The Great Comet of 1819, officially designated as C/1819 N1, also known as Comet Tralles, was an exceptionally bright and easily visible non-periodic comet, approaching an apparent magnitude of 1–2, discovered 1 July 1819 by the German astronomer Johann Georg Tralles in Berlin.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 54
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 101
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 2,100
Power 101 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Great Comet of 1819 quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Great Comet of 1819 card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by French ______ François Arago.
Answer
mathematician. It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by French mathematician François Arago. From the Great Comet of 1819 article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Alain Goriely. Alain Goriely 66 · AstroFlight Sunrise 61 · U. S. Airlines 57 · Great Comet of 1819 54 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Alain Goriely. Alain Goriely 3,700 · AstroFlight Sunrise 2,900 · Great Comet of 1819 2,100 · DeepFest 1,500 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.
- It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by French mathematician François Arago.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Great Comet of 1819 article was read about 2,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 54 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Great Comet of 1819
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Great Comet of 1819 (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ezra Otis Kendall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
