Hills Cloud

Hills Cloud
Costs
Initial Cost	Stardust 1.42e52
Initial production	Stardust 3.01e48
Time of production	92 s (1:32)
Universe info
Bubble Universe	Beyond
Previous	Planet X
Next	Oort Cloud
Traits
Speed	Galactic Tide
Payout	Long Period Comets

The Hills Cloud is the 32nd Celestial Body and the 3rd Oort Cloud Object obtained in The Beyond Bubble Universe, which can generate Stardust. (Unlocked at Rank 15, branching off of Planet X)

In-Game Description

"The Hills Cloud is the inner part of the Oort Cloud. While comets with orbits of less than 200 years come from the Kuiper Belt, comets with longer orbits—ranging from 200 to 2,000 years—originate in the Hills Cloud."

Traits

Common

• Galactic Tide (Speed):

"The gravitational field of the Milky Way exerts tidal forces on the Oort Cloud. These distortions cause some Oort objects to be pulled by the Sun’s gravity out of the outer solar system and into orbit around planets. This is what happened to Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9."

• Long Period Comets (Payout):

"Most long-period comets are thought to come from the Oort Cloud. Far from the pull of the Sun, icy planetesimals that might have formed planets if they were closer to the inner solar system become comets instead."

Rare

• Spherical Shell (Payout):

"The Asteroid Belt, the Kuiper Belt, and the ecliptic that the planets follow around the Sun are all shaped like a flat disk. The Oort Cloud, on the other hand, is a large spherical shape surrounding the whole solar system."

Epic

• Speed of Light (Speed):

"The speed of light is the rate at which light and all massless particles travel through a vacuum. While it can seem instantaneous from up close, over long distances this speed limit becomes very noticeable. The theory of relativity relates to the speed of light."

• Cosmic Gravity (Payout):

"Gravity is one of the fundamental forces and key to understanding how the universe works. Using Newton’s principles, astronomers can explain how stars and planets form, predict their mass and motion, and infer the existence of dark matter."

• Goldilocks Zone (Discount):

"The Goldilocks Zone, also called the Habitable Zone, is the region around a star with conditions necessary for a planet that can sustain life. Planets like Earth, with surface water and breathable atmospheres, might be found in these zones in other systems."

Constellations

• Scorpio (1.5x Speed):

"One of the brightest constellations in the sky, Scorpio represents a scorpion. It includes the red star Antares, sometimes called the “heart of the scorpion” because of its placement and color."

• Aquarius (2x Speed):

"The constellation Aquarius represents a water seller carrying a jug. Three meteor showers originate here, including the Eta Aquariids, which are associated with Halley’s Comet. Aquarius is large and encompasses 12 exoplanet systems."

Achievements

• Cloudbusting (Rank 3):

"Most comets are thought to originate in the Oort Cloud. Astronomers theorize that stars from other systems occasionally pass through the edges of the cloud. Their gravitational pull may launch objects into the inner solar system, toward the sun."

• Comet Composition (Rank 6):

"Comets are composed of many materials. The nucleus is ice and rock; the coma is made of gases like ammonia and carbon dioxide; the dust tail consists of gases and tiny rocky particles; and the ion tail is a stream of ionized gases blown away from the sun by solar winds."

Overview Image of the Oort Cloud

A model of the Oort Cloud with the sun and planetary region shown. The Inner Oort Cloud is the Hills Cloud, a different name for it

Sources

• Hills cloud — image above taken