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NGC 5172, a Common card
NGC 5172 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 49
- DEF
- 34
- Power
- 83
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 320
Power 83 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
NGC 5172 quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the NGC 5172 card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was ______ by British astronomer John Herschel on 7 May 1826.
Answer
discovered. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 7 May 1826. From the NGC 5172 article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Utah State Route 60. Utah State Route 60 53 · NGC 5172 49 · National Register of Historic Places listings in Kiowa County, Oklahoma 45 · Podsmreka Castle 42 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.
- Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4,308±19 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 207.2 ± 14.5 Mly.
- However, 13 non-redshift measurements give a closer mean distance of 164.63 ± 11.65 Mly.
- It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 7 May 1826.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The NGC 5172 article was read about 320 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 49 and blocks with 34: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get NGC 5172
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, NGC 5172 (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Donald Pelletier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
