Sinope

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Sinope is an irregular, retrograde moon of Jupiter with a distant, eccentric orbit and a likely captured origin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Jupiter
natural satellite
retrograde satellite
albedo low
alternativeDesignation Jupiter IX NERFINISHED
apoapsisRelativeToJupiter very large
belongsTo Pasiphae group NERFINISHED
outer irregular satellites of Jupiter
belongsToDynamicalClass outer retrograde Jovian satellite
belongsToPlanetarySystem Solar System NERFINISHED
celestialBody moon
discoveredBy Seth Barnes Nicholson NERFINISHED
discoveryLocation Lick Observatory NERFINISHED
discoveryMethod telescopic observation
discoveryYear 1914
escapeVelocity very low
gravitationallyBoundTo Jupiter NERFINISHED
groupClassification Pasiphae group irregular satellite
hasAtmosphere no significant atmosphere detected
likelyOrigin captured asteroid
captured object
mass very small compared to major Galilean moons
meanDiameter approximately 38 km
meanRadius approximately 19 km
memberOf Jovian satellite system NERFINISHED
namedAfter Sinope (figure in Greek mythology) NERFINISHED
observedBy ground-based telescopes
space-based telescopes
orbitalDirection retrograde
orbitalDistanceFromJupiter distant
orbitalEccentricity high
orbitalInclination high
orbitalPeriod about 2 Earth years
orbitalStability long-term irregular satellite orbit
orbits Jupiter NERFINISHED
periapsisRelativeToJupiter large
rotation prograde with respect to its own axis
satelliteOrderAroundJupiter ninth discovered moon of Jupiter
semiMajorAxis approximately 24 million km from Jupiter
shape irregular
spectralType D-type (asteroid-like)
surfaceColor reddish
surfaceComposition likely carbon-rich
surfaceFeatures impact-cratered
tidalInteractionWithJupiter weak

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Asopus children Sinope