{"id":969,"date":"2005-01-31T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-31T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/smart_images_of_the_moon\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:34:20","slug":"smart_images_of_the_moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/smart_images_of_the_moon\/","title":{"rendered":"La SMART capta im\u00e1genes de la luna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Europa ha llegado a la Luna, y la nave espacial SMART-1 de la ESA est\u00e1 empezando a enviar im\u00e1genes espectaculares del vecino de la Tierra.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>La SMART-1 entr\u00f3 en la \u00f3rbita lunar el 15 de noviembre de 2004. Desde entonces la nave gira en espiral acerc\u00e1ndose lentamente a la superficie, impulsada por su revolucionario motor i\u00f3nico.<\/p>\n<p>El 29 de diciembre, la c\u00e1mara AMIE empez\u00f3 a captar im\u00e1genes de prueba a una distancia de 1.000 a 5.000 km del abrupto paisaje lunar.<\/p>\n<p>En la primera vista panor\u00e1mica se aprecian mayormente antiguos cr\u00e1teres. Los lechos de algunos cr\u00e1teres profundos aparecen ocultos por las sombras.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-natural\" data-width=\"416\" data-credit=\"ESA\/Space-X, Space Exploration Institute\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2005\/01\/Lunar_craters_Brianchon_and_Pascal2\" 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\/2005\/01\/lunar_craters_brianchon_and_pascal2\/17880809-2-eng-GB\/Lunar_craters_Brianchon_and_Pascal.jpg\" alt=\"Lunar craters Brianchon and Pascal\"><figcaption>Los cr\u00e1teres lunares Brianchon y Pascal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>En otra imagen m\u00e1s precisa, se observa una zona de cr\u00e1teres de distintos tama\u00f1os formados por impactos. El mayor de ellos, denominado Brianchon, tiene un di\u00e1metro de unos 135 km. En las proximidades se encuentra otro cr\u00e1ter de grandes dimensiones, llamado Pascal. Uno y otro han recibido el nombre de prestigiosos matem\u00e1ticos franceses.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"720\" data-credit=\"ESA\/Space-X, Space Exploration Institute\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2005\/01\/A_mosaic_strip_of_images2\" 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\/2005\/01\/a_mosaic_strip_of_images2\/17906570-2-eng-GB\/A_mosaic_strip_of_images.jpg\" alt=\"A mosaic strip of images\"><figcaption>Una franja de im\u00e1genes en mosaico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Algunas de las im\u00e1genes se han combinado en forma de mosaico. En uno de esos mosaicos, captado a lo largo de una \u00f3rbita, se observa una franja en diagonal que cruza el hemisferio norte.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"771\" data-credit=\"ESA\/Space-X, Space Exploration Institute\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2005\/01\/Pythagoras_impact_crater2\" 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\/2005\/01\/pythagoras_impact_crater2\/17882585-2-eng-GB\/Pythagoras_impact_crater.jpg\" alt=\"Pythagoras impact crater\"><figcaption>Cr\u00e1ter de impacto de Pit\u00e1goras<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Al ampliar una secci\u00f3n de la franja, se aprecia la presencia del Pit\u00e1goras, un cr\u00e1ter complejo, de 140 km de ancho, creado por el impacto de un asteroide hace miles de millones de a\u00f1os. Debe su nombre a otro sabio matem\u00e1tico, esta vez de la antigua Grecia.<\/p>\n<p>La nave SMART seguir\u00e1 enviando im\u00e1genes de la luna hasta el 9 de febrero. En esa fecha se volver\u00e1 a poner en marcha el motor i\u00f3nico, y en el transcurso de las tres semanas siguientes la \u00f3rbita oblonga de la nave se aproximar\u00e1 a una distancia de 300 a 3.000 km de la superficie.<\/p>\n<p>A partir del 28 de febrero se espera obtener resultados a\u00fan m\u00e1s impresionantes, cuando la SMART-1 inicie su misi\u00f3n principal, que es estudiar y cartografiar la superficie lunar.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe has reached the Moon, and ESA&#8217;s SMART-1 spacecraft is beginning to send back spectacular images of Earth\u2019s neighbour. SMART-1 entered orbit around the Moon on 15 November 2004. 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