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Mariner 10, an Uncommon card
Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 96
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 41,000
Power 174 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Mariner 10 quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mariner 10 card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was the first spacecraft to visit Mercury and the first to perform a flyby of ______ planets.
Answer
multiple. It was the first spacecraft to visit Mercury and the first to perform a flyby of multiple planets. From the Mariner 10 article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November ____, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus.
Answer
1970s. Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus. From the Mariner 10 article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
COVID-19 vaccination in the United States. COVID-19 vaccination in the United States 90 · Freedom of the press 85 · Brain injury 82 · Mariner 10 78 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.
- It was the first spacecraft to visit Mercury and the first to perform a flyby of multiple planets.
- Mariner 10 was launched approximately two years after Mariner 9 and was the last spacecraft in the Mariner program.
- The mission objectives were to measure Mercury's environment, atmosphere, surface, and body characteristics and to make similar investigations of Venus.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mariner 10 article was read about 41,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 96: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Mariner 10
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mariner 10 (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : National Air and Space Museum, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
