Sinope
Jupiter IX

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

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 (degrees) | 153
Escape velocity (km/sec) | 0.0240
Visual geometric albedo | ?
Magnitude (Vo) | 18.3

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