Sinope
Sinope information
Average distance
from
Jupiter
:
23939000 km (0.16
AU
)
Equatorial radius
:
19 km (
Diameter
: 38 km)
Mass
:
80000000000000000 kg
Siderial orbit period (length of year)
:
-724.5 earth days (retrograde)
Orbital eccentricity
:
0.25
Orbital inclination to ecliptic
:
158.1 degrees
Sinope, Jupiter IX
Sinope
Sinope was a woman said to have been unsuccessfully courted by Zeus.
Discovered by Nicholson in 1914.
Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae and Sinope may be remnants of a single asteroid that was captured by Jupiter and broken up.
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Discovered by S. Nicholson in 1914
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