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Henrietta Swan Leavitt, an Uncommon card
Henrietta Swan Leavitt was an American astronomer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 75
- Power
- 145
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 57,000
Power 145 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Henrietta Swan Leavitt card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This work led her to discover the relation between the ______ and the period of Cepheid variables.
Answer
luminosity. This work led her to discover the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variables. From the Henrietta Swan Leavitt article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Representation theory. Representation theory 78 · Gershom Scholem 73 · Henrietta Swan Leavitt 70 · Horse-drawn vehicle 66 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.
- Her discovery of how to effectively measure vast astronomical distances led to a shift in the understanding of the scale and nature of the universe.
- A graduate of Radcliffe College, she worked at the Harvard College Observatory as a human computer, tasked with measuring photographic plates to catalog the positions and brightness of stars.
- This work led her to discover the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variables.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Henrietta Swan Leavitt article was read about 57,000 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 75: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Henrietta Swan Leavitt
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Henrietta Swan Leavitt (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
