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James Van Allen, an Uncommon card
James Alfred Van Allen was an American space physicist at the University of Iowa who was instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 147
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 24,000
Power 147 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
James Van Allen quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the James Van Allen card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
His discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts in ____, zones of energetic charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetic field, was the first major scientific finding of the Space Age.
Answer
1950s. His discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts in 1958, zones of energetic charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetic field, was the first major scientific finding of the Space Age. From the James Van Allen article on Wikipedia.
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Answer
Anti–money laundering. Anti–money laundering 87 · James Van Allen 74 · Acrux 70 · Landscape photography 67 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts in 1958, zones of energetic charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetic field, was the first major scientific finding of the Space Age.
- As principal investigator for scientific instruments on 24 Earth satellites and planetary missions, Van Allen provided the first in situ measurements of the magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, pioneered the use of energetic particle absorption signatures to detect planetary rings and satellites, and carried out a multi-decade program of cosmic ray observations that established the radial…
- A member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Van Allen received the National Medal of Science, the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the Vannevar Bush Award.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The James Van Allen article was read about 24,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, James Van Allen (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
