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Uncommon card · Science
Ursa Minor, an Uncommon card
Ursa Minor, also known as the Little Bear, is a constellation located in the far northern sky.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 165
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Ranked #1,609 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Ursa Minor quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ursa Minor card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Ursa Minor has traditionally been important for navigation, particularly by mariners, because of ______ being the north pole star.
Answer
Polaris. Ursa Minor has traditionally been important for navigation, particularly by mariners, because of Polaris being the north pole star. From the Ursa Minor article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. Middle Eastern theatre of World War I 85 · Voyager program 82 · Ursa Minor 77 · Chromesthesia 72 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Voyager program. Voyager program 220,000 · Ursa Minor 140,000 · Southern Cone 100,000 · Geomorphology 58,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- As with the Great Bear, the tail of the Little Bear may also be seen as the handle of a ladle, hence the North American name, Little Dipper: seven stars with four in its bowl like its partner the Big Dipper.
- Ursa Minor was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations.
- Ursa Minor has traditionally been important for navigation, particularly by mariners, because of Polaris being the north pole star.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ursa Minor article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Ursa Minor
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ursa Minor (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
