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Hill sphere

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Hill sphere

Summary

Hill sphere is a rule[1]. It draws 743 Wikipedia views per month (rule category, ranking #9 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hill sphere's instance of is recorded as rule[3].
  • George William Hill is named after Hill sphere[4].
  • Hill sphere's different from is recorded as Roche limit[5].
  • Hill sphere's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[6].

Body

Definition and Type

Hill sphere's instance of is recorded as rule[3].

Origins

George William Hill is named after Hill sphere[4].

Why It Matters

Hill sphere draws 743 Wikipedia views per month (rule category, ranking #9 of 87).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

Édouard Roche George William Hill

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hill-sphere_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Hill sphere}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hill-sphere}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-08}}
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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. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Roche limit
    Environment ontology id → 01001228
    Instance of → rule
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3859]]: 01001228, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143355827|Hill sphere (#143355827)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Ontolog"
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