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Kepler space telescope, an Uncommon card
The Kepler space telescope was a space telescope launched by NASA in 2009 to discover Earth-sized planets orbiting other stars.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 94
- DEF
- 90
- Power
- 184
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 72,000
Power 184 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Kepler space telescope quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kepler space telescope card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The principal ______ was William J. Borucki.
Answer
investigator. The principal investigator was William J. Borucki. From the Kepler space telescope article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Kepler space telescope was a space telescope launched by NASA in ____ to discover Earth-sized planets orbiting other stars.
Answer
2000s. The Kepler space telescope was a space telescope launched by NASA in 2009 to discover Earth-sized planets orbiting other stars. From the Kepler space telescope article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Health and appearance of Michael Jackson. Health and appearance of Michael Jackson 1,300,000 · Night 100,000 · Kepler space telescope 72,000 · Variable star 39,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Named after astronomer Johannes Kepler the spacecraft was launched into an Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit.
- The principal investigator was William J. Borucki.
- After nine and a half years of operation, the telescope's reaction control system fuel was depleted, and NASA announced its retirement on October 30, 2018.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kepler space telescope article was read about 72,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 94 and blocks with 90: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Kepler space telescope
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kepler space telescope (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
