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Robert T. A. Innes, a Common card
Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes FRSE FRAS was a British-born South African astronomer best known for discovering Proxima Centauri in 1915, and numerous binary stars.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 27
- Power
- 82
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,700
Power 82 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Robert T. A. Innes quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Robert T. A. Innes card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was the first Union ______.
Answer
Astronomer. He was the first Union Astronomer. From the Robert T. A. Innes article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes FRSE FRAS was a British-born South African astronomer best known for discovering Proxima Centauri in ____, and numerous binary stars.
Answer
1910s. Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes FRSE FRAS was a British-born South African astronomer best known for discovering Proxima Centauri in 1915, and numerous binary stars. From the Robert T. A. Innes article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was also the first astronomer to have seen the Great January Comet of 1910, on 12 January.
- He was the founding director of a meteorological observatory in Johannesburg, which was later converted to an astronomical observatory and renamed to Union Observatory.
- He was the first Union Astronomer.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Robert T. A. Innes article was read about 4,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 27: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Robert T. A. Innes (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
