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Megamaser, a Common card
A megamaser is a type of astrophysical maser, which is a naturally occurring source of stimulated spectral line emission.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 146
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,500
Power 146 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Megamaser quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Megamaser card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Megamasers are ______ from other astrophysical masers by their large isotropic luminosity.
Answer
distinguished. Megamasers are distinguished from other astrophysical masers by their large isotropic luminosity. From the Megamaser article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
2026 Atlantic hurricane season. 2026 Atlantic hurricane season 83 · Integral fast reactor 77 · Megamaser 73 · Blebbistatin 70 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Antonio de Ulloa. Antonio de Ulloa 16,000 · Integral fast reactor 11,000 · Method of moments 8,700 · Megamaser 6,500 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.
- Megamasers are distinguished from other astrophysical masers by their large isotropic luminosity.
- Megamasers have typical luminosities of 103 solar luminosities, which is 100 million times brighter than masers in the Milky Way, hence the prefix mega.
- Likewise, the term kilomaser is used to describe masers outside the Milky Way that have luminosities of order L☉, or thousands of times stronger than the average maser in the Milky Way, gigamaser is used to describe masers billions of times stronger than the average maser in the Milky Way, and extragalactic maser encompasses all masers found outside the Milky Way.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Megamaser article was read about 6,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Megamaser
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Megamaser (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (geckzilla), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
