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Uncommon card · Science
Planetary nebula, an Uncommon card
A planetary nebula is a type of emission nebula consisting of an expanding, glowing shell of ionized gas ejected from red giant stars late in their lives.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 94
- Power
- 172
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 93,000
Ranked #1,028 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The term "planetary nebula" is a misnomer because they are unrelated to planets.
- The term originates from the planet-like round shape of these nebulae observed by astronomers through early telescopes.
- The first usage may have occurred during the 1780s with the English astronomer William Herschel who described these nebulae as resembling planets, however, as early as January 1779, the French astronomer Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix described in his observations of the Ring Nebula, "very dim but perfectly outlined, it is as large as Jupiter and resembles a fading planet".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Planetary nebula article was read about 93,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 94: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Planetary nebula (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Pablo Carlos Budassi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.





