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Uncommon card · Science
Michelle Thaller, an Uncommon card
Michelle Thaller is an American astronomer, research scientist, and science communicator.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 51
- DEF
- 31
- Power
- 82
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 76,000
Power 82 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Michelle Thaller quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Michelle Thaller card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She ______ in 2024 after 27 years at NASA.
Answer
retired. She retired in 2024 after 27 years at NASA. From the Michelle Thaller article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gravitational field. Gravitational field 57 · Michelle Thaller 51 · Bessen/Hunt technique 47 · PAK1IP1 41 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.
- Thaller is formerly the Assistant Director for Science Communication at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
- She retired in 2024 after 27 years at NASA.
- From 1998 to 2009 she was a staff scientist at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, and later Manager of the Education and Public Outreach program for the Spitzer Space Telescope, at the California Institute of Technology.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Michelle Thaller article was read about 76,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 51 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Michelle Thaller
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Michelle Thaller (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
