Sinope (moon)
| Discovery | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovered by | Seth Barnes Nicholson | ||||||
| Discovered in | 1914 | Orbital characteristics | |||||
| Mean radius | ~23,848,000 km | ||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.108-0.425 | ||||||
| Orbital period | 753.2d | ||||||
| Inclination | 132.3-179.4° | ||||||
| Is a satellite of | Jupiter | ||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||
| Equatorial diameter | ~38 km | ||||||
| Surface area | km2 | ||||||
| Mass | 7.6×1016 kg | ||||||
| Mean density | 2.6 g/cm3 | ||||||
| Surface gravity | 0.014 m/s2 | ||||||
| Rotation period | ? | ||||||
| Axial tilt | ?° | ||||||
| Albedo | 0.04 | ||||||
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| Atmospheric pressure | 0 kPa | ||||||
Sinope ("sin O pee") is the outermost of Jupiter's known moonss. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Lick Observatory in 1914. It is named after a daughter of Asopus and Metope who was kidnapped by Apollo. Sinope has a retrograde orbit.