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Jacobus Kapteyn, a Common card
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn was a Dutch astronomer.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 52
- DEF
- 19
- Power
- 71
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,800
Power 71 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
Jacobus Kapteyn quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jacobus Kapteyn card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He carried out ______ studies of the Milky Way.
Answer
extensive. He carried out extensive studies of the Milky Way. From the Jacobus Kapteyn article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jacobus Kapteyn. Jacobus Kapteyn 52 · The Bedbug 49 · Culture of South America 46 · Dimethyl adipate 39 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 carried out extensive studies of the Milky Way.
- He found that the apparent movement of stars was not randomly distributed but had two preferential directions: the two star streams.
- This discovery was later reinterpreted as evidence for galactic rotation.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jacobus Kapteyn article was read about 4,800 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 52 and blocks with 19: each hit it takes is cut by 8 %.
How to get Jacobus Kapteyn
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jacobus Kapteyn (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jan Veth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
