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March equinox, a Rare card
The March equinox or northward equinox is the equinox on the Earth when the subsolar point appears to leave the Southern Hemisphere and cross the celestial equator, heading northward as seen from Earth.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 119
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 220,000
Power 119 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
March equinox quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the March equinox card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
On the Gregorian calendar at 0° longitude, the ______ equinox usually occurs on March 20.
Answer
northward. On the Gregorian calendar at 0° longitude, the northward equinox usually occurs on March 20. From the March equinox article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Reid Wiseman. Reid Wiseman 1,700,000 · Mitford family 780,000 · Bachelor of Science 540,000 · March equinox 220,000 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.
- The March equinox is known as the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and as the autumnal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.
- On the Gregorian calendar at 0° longitude, the northward equinox usually occurs on March 20.
- However, it can occur as early as March 19, and it can occur as late as March 21.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The March equinox article was read about 220,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get March equinox
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, March equinox (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Image by Przemyslaw " Blueshade " Idzkiewicz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
