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Richard Christopher Carrington, a Common card
Richard Christopher Carrington was an English astronomer whose 1859 astronomical observations demonstrated the existence of solar flares as well as suggesting their electrical influence upon the Earth and its aurorae, and whose 1863 records of sunspot observations revealed the differential rotation of the Sun.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 110 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Richard Christopher Carrington was an English astronomer whose 1859 astronomical observations demonstrated the existence of solar flares as well as suggesting their electrical influence upon the Earth and its aurorae, and whose 1863 records of sunspot observations revealed the differential rotation of the Sun.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Richard Christopher Carrington article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Richard Christopher Carrington
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Richard Christopher Carrington (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Maull & Polyblank, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
