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Herbig Ae/Be star, a Common card
A Herbig Ae/Be star is a pre-main-sequence star – a young star of spectral types A or B. These stars are still embedded in gas-dust envelopes and are sometimes accompanied by circumstellar disks.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 47
- DEF
- 27
- Power
- 74
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,000
Power 74 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
Herbig Ae/Be star quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Herbig Ae/Be star card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Hydrogen and calcium emission lines are observed in their ______.
Answer
spectra. Hydrogen and calcium emission lines are observed in their spectra. From the Herbig Ae/Be star article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Proxy card. Proxy card 55 · Real-valued function 52 · Herbig Ae/Be star 47 · Jehoahaz of Israel 43 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.
- Hydrogen and calcium emission lines are observed in their spectra.
- They are 2–8 Solar mass objects, still existing in the star formation stage and approaching the main sequence.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Herbig Ae/Be star article was read about 9,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 47 and blocks with 27: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get Herbig Ae/Be star
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Herbig Ae/Be star (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
