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Hills cloud

theoretical characterisation of the outer Solar System
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Summary

Hills cloud is a hypothesis[1]. It draws 404 Wikipedia views per month (hypothesis category, ranking #69 of 235).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hills cloud is credited with the discovery of Jack G. Hills[3].
  • Hills cloud's instance of is recorded as hypothesis[4].
  • Hills cloud's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[5].
  • Hills cloud's instance of is recorded as space[6].
  • Jack G. Hills is named after Hills cloud[7].
  • Hills cloud is part of Oort cloud[8].
  • Hills cloud's Commons category is recorded as Hills cloud[9].
  • Hills cloud's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1981[10].
  • Hills cloud's time of earliest written record is recorded as 1981[11].

Body

Geography

Hills cloud is part of Oort cloud[8].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include hypothesis[4], trans-Neptunian object[5], and space[6].

History and Context

Jack G. Hills is named after Hills cloud[7].

Why It Matters

Hills cloud draws 404 Wikipedia views per month (hypothesis category, ranking #69 of 235).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Comet showers and the steady-state infall of comets from the Oort Cloud. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Hills cloud. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hills-cloud
MLA “Hills cloud.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hills-cloud.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hills-cloud_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Hills cloud}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hills-cloud}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-10}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · ~2026-53934-78 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 27
    Image → Kuiper belt oort cloud.svg, Oort cloud lrg.en.png
    Image license type → —
    Image commons → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Kuiper belt oort cloud.svg"
  2. 23w ago · Isicar · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Part of → Oort cloud
    Instance of → —
    Named after → Jack G. Hills
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Instance of: hypothesis"
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