{"id":8821,"date":"2026-09-10T14:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pornuestrolaredo.com\/?p=8821"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:39:13","slug":"mercurio-se-arruga-y-se-hace-mas-chico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pornuestrolaredo.com\/?p=8821","title":{"rendered":"Mercurio se arruga y se hace m\u00e1s chico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CABO CA\u00d1AVERAL- <\/strong>Un nuevo estudio muestra que el peque\u00f1o y arrugado Mercurio podr\u00eda estar encogi\u00e9ndose m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido de lo esperado, la versi\u00f3n c\u00f3smica de una uva que se marchita hasta convertirse en una pasa bajo el sol.<\/p>\n<p>Cient\u00edficos del Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Espacial del Centro Aeroespacial Alem\u00e1n informaron el jueves que el encogimiento de Mercurio podr\u00eda ser un 30% mayor de lo que se cre\u00eda anteriormente, una p\u00e9rdida de di\u00e1metro de hasta 23 kil\u00f3metros (14 millas). Eso es significativo para un planeta de apenas 4 mil 900 kil\u00f3metros (3 mil millas) de ancho.<\/p>\n<p>La superficie accidentada de Mercurio, continuamente remodelada por escombros arrojados desde cr\u00e1teres de impacto, podr\u00eda haber ocultado la verdadera magnitud de la p\u00e9rdida, seg\u00fan los investigadores, cuyos hallazgos aparecen en la revista Geophysical Research Letters.<\/p>\n<p>La noticia llega una semana despu\u00e9s que un par de naves espaciales europeas y japonesas se desprendieran de su plataforma de crucero y avanzaran hacia Mercurio. Conocidas como BepiColombo, se espera que las naves acopladas entren en \u00f3rbita alrededor de Mercurio en noviembre antes de separarse para realizar un estudio m\u00e1s completo.<\/p>\n<p>El instrumento l\u00e1ser de BepiColombo deber\u00eda confirmar cu\u00e1nto se est\u00e1 marchitando Mercurio como resultado del enfriamiento interno, explic\u00f3 Gaku Nishiyama, autor principal del estudio, quien participa en la misi\u00f3n espacial.<\/p>\n<p>El encogimiento podr\u00eda ser incluso mayor de lo que su equipo est\u00e1 estimando, con base en mediciones de la sonda Messenger de la NASA en la d\u00e9cada de 2010. S\u00f3lo otra nave espacial ha visitado Mercurio: la Mariner 10 de la NASA en la d\u00e9cada de 1970.<\/p>\n<p>El planeta m\u00e1s peque\u00f1o y m\u00e1s cercano al Sol de nuestro sistema solar se ha estado encogiendo desde su formaci\u00f3n hace 4 mil 500 millones de a\u00f1os. Su caliente n\u00facleo de hierro \u2014sobredimensionado para un mundo tan peque\u00f1o\u2014 se enfr\u00eda y se contrae junto con el manto y la corteza, ajustando la superficie como una faja para adaptarse a su nueva y m\u00e1s delgada figura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El n\u00facleo, demasiado grande para el tama\u00f1o del planeta, se encoge y hace que parezca una uva que se convertir\u00e1 en una 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