Sinope

Jupiter IX

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Sinope [sah-NOH-pee] is the outermost known satellite of Jupiter. Very little is known about Sinope.

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Sinope Statistics

Discovered by .................................. S. Nicholson
Date of discovery ...................................... 1914

Mass (kg) .......................................... 7.77e+16
Mass (Earth = 1) ................................. 1.3002e-08
Equatorial radius (km) ................................... 18
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) .................... 2.8222e-03
Mean density (gm/cm^3) .................................. 3.1

Mean distance from Jupiter (km) .................. 23,700,000
Rotational period (days) .................................. ?
Orbital period (days) .................................. -758
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) ........................ -2.27

Orbital eccentricity .................................. 0.275
Orbital inclination ..................................... 153°

Escape velocity (km/sec) ............................. 0.0240

Visual geometric albedo ................................... ?
Magnitude (Vo) ......................................... 18.3

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