{"id":183,"date":"2021-12-02T12:49:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T11:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/shooting_stars2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:25:13","slug":"shooting_stars2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/shooting_stars2\/","title":{"rendered":"Estrellas fugaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Hay varios cientos de cometas que pasan la mayor parte de sus vidas entre los planetas del sistema solar interior y dejan estelas de gas y polvo tras ellos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Los granos de polvo, del tama\u00f1o de un grano de arena, a veces se estrellan contra la fina capa de aire que rodea la Tierra, llamada atm\u00f3sfera, donde se calientan muy r\u00e1pidamente. A medida que los granos de polvo se queman, dejan estelas brillantes de luz en el cielo nocturno. Estas estelas se denominan meteoros y, a menudo, se les conoce coloquialmente como \u2018estrellas fugaces\u2019 o \u2018estrellas ca\u00eddas\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>En una noche despejada, si miras al cielo lo suficiente, ver\u00e1s una de estas estrellas fugaces. En ciertas \u00e9pocas del a\u00f1o, la Tierra cruza la estela de un cometa y, entonces, la cantidad de estrellas fugaces aumenta hasta quiz\u00e1s cien por hora.<\/p>\n<p>En muy contadas ocasiones, las lluvias de meteoritos han iluminado todo el cielo. \u00a1Los que vieron la lluvia Leonid en 1966 quedaron asombradas al ver 40 estrellas fugaces por segundo!<\/p>\n<nav class=\"related\" aria-label=\"Relacionado\">\n<h2 class=\"related__heading\">Relacionado<\/h2>\n<div class=\"grid related__grid\">\n<div class=\"grid-item\">\n<article class=\"card focuson agency\"><a class=\"card__link\" href=\"\/es\/stjerneskud\/\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail\"><span class=\"dimmer\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<header class=\"entry\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">dan\u00e9s<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-item\">\n<article class=\"card focuson agency\"><a class=\"card__link\" href=\"\/es\/vallende_sterren\/\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail\"><span class=\"dimmer\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<header class=\"entry\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">holand\u00e9s<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-item\">\n<article class=\"card focuson agency\"><a class=\"card__link\" href=\"\/es\/sternschnuppen\/\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail\"><span class=\"dimmer\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<header class=\"entry\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Alem\u00e1n<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-item\">\n<article class=\"card focuson agency\"><a class=\"card__link\" href=\"\/es\/stjerneskudd\/\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail\"><span class=\"dimmer\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<header class=\"entry\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">noruego<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-item\">\n<article class=\"card focuson agency\"><a class=\"card__link\" href=\"\/es\/spadajace_gwiazdy\/\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail\"><span class=\"dimmer\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<header class=\"entry\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Polaco<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-item\">\n<article class=\"card focuson agency\"><a class=\"card__link\" href=\"\/es\/fallande_stjaernor\/\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail\"><span class=\"dimmer\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<header class=\"entry\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Sueco<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<p><\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several hundred comets that spend most of their lives among the planets of the inner Solar System. 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