{"id":473,"date":"2008-09-09T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T09:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/steins_a_diamond_in_the_sky\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:28:37","slug":"steins_a_diamond_in_the_sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/steins_a_diamond_in_the_sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Steins: Un diamante en el cielo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Las primeras im\u00e1genes del asteroide Steins tomadas por los instrumentos de la Rosetta, obtenidas a partir de datos sin procesar, arrojan resultados espectaculares: el asteroide Steins parece un diamante en mitad del firmamento.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Las im\u00e1genes muestran algunos cr\u00e1teres peque\u00f1os y dos enormes (uno de ellos de 2 km de di\u00e1metro) en la superficie de Steins, lo que indica que debe tratarse de un asteroide muy viejo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"1200\" data-credit=\"ESA \u00a92008 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS\/UPD\/LAM\/IAA&lt;br&gt;\/RSSD\/INTA\/UPM\/DASP\/IDA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2008\/09\/Asteroid_Steins_A_diamond_in_space5\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2008\/09\/asteroid_steins_a_diamond_in_space5\/17870042-2-eng-GB\/Asteroid_Steins_A_diamond_in_space.jpg\" alt=\"Asteroid Steins: A diamond in space\"><figcaption>El asteroide Steins: un diamante en el espacio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Las im\u00e1genes tienen de 50 a 60 p\u00edxeles de di\u00e1metro, lo que significa que son lo bastante grandes como para revelar la forma y otras caracter\u00edsticas del cuerpo del asteroide. En las im\u00e1genes se observa una cadena de cr\u00e1teres que deben de ser consecuencia de impactos sucesivos, producidos durante la rotaci\u00f3n del asteroide. Esta cadena se compone de unos 7 cr\u00e1teres. Para determinar la edad del asteroide se ha empezado a hacer un recuento del n\u00famero de cr\u00e1teres de su superficie (cuanto m\u00e1s alto sea este n\u00famero, m\u00e1s viejo ser\u00e1 el asteroide). Hasta el momento se han detectado 23 cr\u00e1teres.<\/p>\n<p>Tras el an\u00e1lisis de los datos de Rosetta, Steins ser\u00e1 uno de los asteroides mejor conocidos hasta la fecha.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first images of Asteroid Steins taken by Rosetta\u2019s instruments were derived from raw data and have delivered spectacular results: asteroid Steins looks like a diamond in the sky. 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