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Uncommon card · Science
Ion thruster, an Uncommon card
An ion thruster, ion drive, or ion engine is a form of electric propulsion used for spacecraft propulsion.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 176
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 176 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Ion thruster quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ion thruster card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ions are then accelerated using ______ to create thrust.
Answer
electricity. The ions are then accelerated using electricity to create thrust. From the Ion thruster article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Children's literature. Children's literature 92 · Ion thruster 84 · Leo Szilard 79 · Chrysippus 76 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.
- An ion thruster creates a cloud of positive ions from a neutral gas by ionizing it to extract some electrons from its atoms.
- The ions are then accelerated using electricity to create thrust.
- Ion thrusters are categorized as either electrostatic or electromagnetic.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ion thruster article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Ion thruster
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ion thruster (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
