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Horizontal branch, a Common card
The horizontal branch is a stage of stellar evolution that immediately follows the red-giant branch in stars whose masses are similar to the Sun's.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 34
- Power
- 94
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 94 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Horizontal branch quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Horizontal branch card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Horizontal-branch stars are powered by helium fusion in the core and by hydrogen fusion in a shell ______ the core.
Answer
surrounding. Horizontal-branch stars are powered by helium fusion in the core and by hydrogen fusion in a shell surrounding the core. From the Horizontal branch article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Chad Trujillo. Chad Trujillo 63 · Horizontal branch 60 · Pyotr Dubrov 57 · Robin Warren 53 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.
- Horizontal-branch stars are powered by helium fusion in the core and by hydrogen fusion in a shell surrounding the core.
- The onset of core helium fusion at the tip of the red-giant branch causes substantial changes in stellar structure, resulting in an overall reduction in luminosity, some contraction of the stellar envelope, and the surface reaching higher temperatures.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Horizontal branch article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 34: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Horizontal branch
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Horizontal branch (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lithopsian, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
