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Makemake, a Rare card
Makemake is a dwarf planet orbiting the Sun in the Kuiper belt, a disc of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 187
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 280,000
Power 187 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Makemake quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Makemake card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is the fourth largest dwarf planet and trans-Neptunian object in the Solar System, having a ______ 60% that of Pluto.
Answer
diameter. It is the fourth largest dwarf planet and trans-Neptunian object in the Solar System, having a diameter 60% that of Pluto. From the Makemake article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It was discovered on March 31, ____, by American astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz at Palomar Observatory.
Answer
2000s. It was discovered on March 31, 2005, by American astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz at Palomar Observatory. From the Makemake article on Wikipedia.
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.
- It is the fourth largest dwarf planet and trans-Neptunian object in the Solar System, having a diameter 60% that of Pluto.
- It was discovered on March 31, 2005, by American astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz at Palomar Observatory.
- As one of the largest outer Solar System objects found by this team, the discovery of Makemake contributed to the reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Makemake article was read about 280,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Makemake
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Makemake (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, ESA, and A. Parker and M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
