Space Sector 2814

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Space Sector 2814 in DC Comics is the designation by the Guardians of the Universe, creators of the Green Lantern Corps, for the sector of space containing the planet Earth. It is simultaneously considered something of a backwater by many galactic and intergalactic powers, and also a place of extreme importance owing mainly to Earth's improbable prominence in the affairs of the universe.

2814 was patrolled by Green Lantern Abin Sur for most of the 19th and 20th centuries, until his fatal crash landing on Earth while fleeing from the hive mind entity known as Legion. His ring then passed to the most famous Green Lantern in history, Hal Jordan. Following Jordan's resignation, John Stewart served as Green Lantern for 2814, up until the first end of the Corps, when the Guardians dropped the "one GL per sector" restriction and abandoned the Corps.

Space Sectors, as described by the Guardians, each constitute 1/3600th of the known universe (excluding separate dimensions). There are at least 100 billion galaxies in the universe, meaning for each sector there is one Green Lantern to "patrol" millions and millions of galaxies. This fact is sometimes noted by fans critical of the notion that only 3600 beings can patrol the entire universe, but the matter has not yet been addressed in any meaningful way by the writers or editors of DC Comics.