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Asteroid That's 3 Times As Long As a Football Field Will Whiz by Earth Thursday Summer is the season for tourists, and that includes a cosmic traveler — one that's three times the length of a football field — that's expected to visit Earth's neighborhood later this week. We're using the term "neighborhood" loosely here; the heavenly tourist (yes, it's an asteroid), known as 2008 KV2, is expected to zip by at a distance of about 4.2 million miles (6.7 million kilometers) from Earth on Thursday (June 27). But even though this visitor will be far away, the event's still notable; it's not every day that such a big space rock hurtles by our planet. To put 2008 KV2's distance from Earth into perspective, the moon is about 238,900 miles (384,400 km) away from us, and the asteroid will be more than 17 times that distance.
Traducciones de Asteroid That's 3 Times As Long As a Football Field Will Whiz by Earth Thursday Summer is the season for tourists, and that includes a cosmic traveler — one that's three times the length of a football field — that's expected to visit Earth's neighborhood later this week. We're using the term "neighborhood" loosely here; the heavenly tourist (yes, it's an asteroid), known as 2008 KV2, is expected to zip by at a distance of about 4.2 million miles (6.7 million kilometers) from Earth on Thursday (June 27). But even though this visitor will be far away, the event's still notable; it's not every day that such a big space rock hurtles by our planet. To put 2008 KV2's distance from Earth into perspective, the moon is about 238,900 miles (384,400 km) away from us, and the asteroid will be more than 17 times that distance.
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Sinónimos de Asteroid That's 3 Times As Long As a Football Field Will Whiz by Earth Thursday Summer is the season for tourists, and that includes a cosmic traveler — one that's three times the length of a football field — that's expected to visit Earth's neighborhood later this week. We're using the term "neighborhood" loosely here; the heavenly tourist (yes, it's an asteroid), known as 2008 KV2, is expected to zip by at a distance of about 4.2 million miles (6.7 million kilometers) from Earth on Thursday (June 27). But even though this visitor will be far away, the event's still notable; it's not every day that such a big space rock hurtles by our planet. To put 2008 KV2's distance from Earth into perspective, the moon is about 238,900 miles (384,400 km) away from us, and the asteroid will be more than 17 times that distance.
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El verano es la temporada para los turistas, y eso incluye a un viajero cósmico, uno que es tres veces más largo que un campo de fútbol, que se espera que visite el vecindario de la Tierra a fines de esta semana.
Estamos usando el término "vecindario" libremente aquí; se espera que el turista celestial (sí, es un asteroide), conocido como 2008 KV2, se deslice a una distancia de aproximadamente 4.2 millones de millas (6.7 millones de kilómetros) de la Tierra el jueves (27 de junio). Pero a pesar de que este visitante estará lejos, el evento aún es notable; No todos los días una gran roca espacial se precipita por nuestro planeta.
Para poner en perspectiva la distancia de 2008 KV2 de la Tierra, la luna está a unos 238,900 millas (384,400 km) de distancia de nosotros, y el asteroide será más de 17 veces esa distancia.
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Los científicos descubrieron el asteroide en 2008 y rápidamente decidieron calcular la frecuencia con la que se encontraba cerca de la Tierra; los investigadores produjeron estimaciones de sus viajes entre 1900 y 2199. Resulta que el 2008 KV2 es un visitante bastante frecuente. Al igual que la Tierra, orbita alrededor del Sol, pero no siempre se acerca tanto a nosotros. MaEl-BLV Aun así, después del viaje del jueves, se espera que el KV2 2008 pase por la Tierra nuevamente en 2021 y dos veces en 2022, según el Laboratorio de Propulsión a Chorro (JPL) de la NASA en Pasadena, California.
¿Por qué la NASA está prestando tanta atención a este asteroide, que podría medir hasta 1,082 pies (330 metros) de ancho? La agencia monitorea todos los objetos conocidos cercanos a la Tierra (NEO) que se aventuran en la zona entre 91 millones y 121 millones de millas (146 millones y 195 millones de kilómetros) desde el sol, lo que significa que un objeto es un NEO si "puede pasar dentro de aproximadamente 30 millones de millas (50 millones de kilómetros) de la órbita de la Tierra", dice la NASA en su sitio web.
2008 KV2 está pasando con 0.05 unidades astronómicas (UA) de la Tierra (según JPL, está llegando a 0.045 UA de nuestro planeta). Debido a eso, y debido al tamaño del objeto, la roca espacial se considera un "asteroide potencialmente peligroso", según el Centro para Estudios de Objetos Cercanos a la Tierra en JPL. (Una UA es igual a la distancia promedio entre la Tierra y el Sol.)
Sin embargo, este turista espacial no se demora durante sus viajes. El asteroide se acercará a la Tierra a más de 25,400 mph (40,800 km / h). Va a ir tan rápido que no tendrá tiempo de celebrar con nosotros el Día de los Asteroides de las Naciones Unidas el 30 de junio.
Oh, bueno, tal vez el 2008 KV2 se mantenga la próxima vez, lo cual es bueno, siempre y cuando no se tope con la Tierra.TraduccionMaEl-BLV
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