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Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, a Common card
Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, was a French astronomer and geodesist who named 14 out of the 88 constellations.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,400
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Lacaille observed over 10,000 stars using a ______ telescope.
Answer
refracting. Lacaille observed over 10,000 stars using a refracting telescope. From the Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Antony Garrett Lisi. Antony Garrett Lisi 68 · Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille 65 · Vasile Alecsandri 62 · Agat 59 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.
- From 1750 to 1754, he studied the sky at the Cape of Good Hope in present-day South Africa.
- Lacaille observed over 10,000 stars using a refracting telescope.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille article was read about 8,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Melle Le Jeuneux, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
