This plaque, carried by Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 space probes, describes the location of the Sun. What are the points at the ends of the lines?

planets of the Solar System
galaxies
quasars
pulsars
Each of the line includes binary encoding of pulsar frequency, so these can be easily recognized. The hydrogen spin-flip transition frequency is used as the unit of time (Hydrogen particle at the top of the image).
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Answers by country

planets of the Solar System
galaxies
quasars
pulsars
answers
flagCanada
40%
6%
12%
40%
32
flagGreece
23%
17%
23%
35%
17
flagPoland
32%
16%
15%
33%
8902
flagthe United Kingdom
35%
11%
16%
33%
137
flagBelarus
25%
20%
25%
30%
20
flagthe United States
34%
17%
16%
29%
296
flagPakistan
39%
15%
12%
27%
33
flagSouth Africa
54%
9%
9%
27%
11
flagAustria
20%
33%
20%
26%
15
flagAustralia
28%
10%
33%
25%
39
flagFrance
35%
15%
20%
25%
20
flagRussia
38%
19%
15%
22%
126
flagUkraine
46%
13%
14%
21%
119
flagUnknown
31%
15%
31%
21%
32
flagGermany
51%
16%
12%
20%
49
flagIndia
35%
20%
23%
19%
407
flagthe Netherlands
30%
26%
21%
17%
23
flagKazakhstan
31%
18%
31%
12%
16
flagRepublic of Ireland
58%
8%
16%
8%
12
flagthe Philippines
63%
8%
19%
5%
36