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Extrasolar planet
Artist's conception of the extrasolar planet HD 209458b, some 150 light-years from Earth.
By the end of its mission, the Kepler satellite had discovered 2,662 extrasolar planets, which accounted for approximately two-thirds of all planets known at that time.1