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Grote Reber, a Common card
Grote Reber was an American pioneer of radio astronomy, which combined his interests in amateur radio and amateur astronomy.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 56
- Power
- 117
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,200
Power 117 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Grote Reber quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Grote Reber card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
For nearly a ______ he was the world's only radio astronomer.
Answer
decade. For nearly a decade he was the world's only radio astronomer. From the Grote Reber article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
His ____ radio antenna was the second ever to be used for astronomical purposes and the first parabolic reflecting antenna to be used as a radio telescope.
Answer
1930s. His 1937 radio antenna was the second ever to be used for astronomical purposes and the first parabolic reflecting antenna to be used as a radio telescope. From the Grote Reber article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Rabies in Haiti. Rabies in Haiti 74 · Ingeborg Hochmair 71 · Franz Xaver von Baader 64 · Grote Reber 61 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.
- He was instrumental in investigating and extending Karl Jansky's pioneering work and conducted the first sky survey in the radio frequencies.
- His 1937 radio antenna was the second ever to be used for astronomical purposes and the first parabolic reflecting antenna to be used as a radio telescope.
- For nearly a decade he was the world's only radio astronomer.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Grote Reber 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 61 and blocks with 56: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Grote Reber (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NRAO/AUI/NSF, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
