Sinope
Jupiter IX

 

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

Sinope Statistics
 Discovered byS. Nicholson 
 Date of discovery1914 
 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 eccentricity0.275 
 Orbital inclination (degrees)153 
 Escape velocity (km/sec)0.0240 
 Visual geometric albedo
 Magnitude (Vo)18.3 

 

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