Sinope
Jupiter IX
Sinope [sah-NOH-pee] is the outermost known satellite of Jupiter.
Very little is known about Sinope.
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| Discovered by | S. Nicholson
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| Date of discovery | 1914
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| Mass (kg) | 7.77e+16
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| Mass (Earth = 1) | 1.3002e-08
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| Equatorial radius (km) | 18
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| Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) | 2.8222e-03
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| Mean density (gm/cm^3) | 3.1
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| Mean distance from Jupiter (km) | 23,700,000
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| Rotational period (days) | ?
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| Orbital period (days) | -758
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| Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) | -2.27
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| Orbital eccentricity | 0.275
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| Orbital inclination (degrees) | 153
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| Escape velocity (km/sec) | 0.0240
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| Visual geometric albedo | ?
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| Magnitude (Vo) | 18.3
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