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MeerKAT, a Common card
MeerKAT, originally the Karoo Array Telescope, is a radio telescope consisting of 64 antennas in the Meerkat National Park, in the Northern Cape of South Africa.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 117
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 117 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
MeerKAT quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the MeerKAT card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
MeerKAT was ______ in 2018.
Answer
launched. MeerKAT was launched in 2018. From the MeerKAT article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, South Africa submitted an expression of interest to host the Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope in Africa, and the locally designed and built MeerKAT was incorporated into the first phase of the SKA.
Answer
2000s. In 2003, South Africa submitted an expression of interest to host the Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope in Africa, and the locally designed and built MeerKAT was incorporated into the first phase of the SKA. From the MeerKAT article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2026 Washington wildfires. 2026 Washington wildfires 75 · MeerKAT 68 · Deliblatska Peščara 60 · Flock 57 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.
- In 2003, South Africa submitted an expression of interest to host the Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope in Africa, and the locally designed and built MeerKAT was incorporated into the first phase of the SKA.
- MeerKAT was launched in 2018.
- MeerKAT is located inside a radio quiet zone within the park.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The MeerKAT article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get MeerKAT
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, MeerKAT (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Square Kilometre Array Organisation (SKAO) / South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SA, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
