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English: Image originally from PlanetQuest. Modified with updated stats. 90% of planets with known distances lie within about 2000 light-years from our Sun, as of July 2014. Based on planets listed with distances at The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia http://exoplanet.eu/ on 10 July 2014. 1 parsec = 3.26156 ly
Source http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/atlas/images/galaxy-graphic.jpg
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current19:57, 10 July 2014Thumbnail for version as of 19:57, 10 July 20141,325 × 1,000 (447 KB)AstreditaUpdated distance from 300ly to 2000ly and replace "most" with a more specific 90%. As of 10 July 2014, the number of planets with known distances is 842. 90% of these are within 585 parsecs or 1908 light-years. So changed the text on the image to say "...
11:46, 23 July 2013Thumbnail for version as of 11:46, 23 July 20131,325 × 1,000 (714 KB)Twinsdayhigher resolution
06:16, 31 January 2010Thumbnail for version as of 06:16, 31 January 2010367 × 267 (31 KB)Vikrant42{{Information |Description={{en|1=Image from http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/atlas/atlas_index.cfm showing the region in w:Milky Way Galaxy in which most of the discovered w:Extrasolar planet exist. }} |Source=http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/atlas

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