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Sinope

Sinope photographed by the Haute-Provence Observatory on 14 August 1998
Discovery
Discovered by	Seth B. Nicholson
Discovery site	Lick Observatory
Discovery date	21 July 1914
Designations
Designation	Jupiter IX
Pronunciation	/səˈnoʊpiː/
Named after	Σινώπη Sinōpē
Adjectives	Sinopean /saɪnəˈpiːən/
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Observation arc	103.87 yr (37,938 days)
Semi-major axis	0.1629144 AU (24,371,650 km)
Eccentricity	0.3366550
Orbital period (sidereal)	–777.29 d (2.13 years)
Mean anomaly	71.53524°
Mean motion	0° 27 47.33 / day
Inclination	158.63840° (to ecliptic)
Longitude of ascending node	8.61437°
Argument of perihelion	60.30205°
Satellite of	Jupiter
Group	Pasiphae group
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	35.0±0.6 km
Synodic rotation period	13.16±0.10 h
Albedo	0.042±0.006
Apparent magnitude	18.3
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.1

Sinope /səˈnoʊpiː/ is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Lick Observatory in 1914, and is named after Sinope of Greek mythology.

Sinope did not receive its present name until 1975; before then, it was simply known as Jupiter IX. It was sometimes called "Hades" between 1955 and 1975.

Orbit

Sinope orbits Jupiter on a high-eccentricity and high-inclination retrograde orbit. Its orbit is continuously changing due to solar and planetary perturbations. Sinope is believed to belong to the Pasiphae group of retrograde irregular moons. However, given its mean inclination and different colour, Sinope could be also an independent object, captured independently, unrelated to the collision and break-up at the origin of the group. The diagram illustrates Sinope's orbital elements in relation to other satellites of the group.

Sinope is also known to be in a secular resonance with Jupiter, similar to Pasiphae. However, Sinope can drop out of this resonance and has periods of both resonant and non-resonant behaviour in time scales of 10 years.

Physical characteristics

From measurements of its thermal emission, Sinope has an estimated diameter of 35 km (22 mi). Sinope is red (colour indices B−V=0.84, R−V=0.46), unlike Pasiphae, which is grey.

Sinope's infrared spectrum is similar to those of D-type asteroids but different from that of Pasiphae. These dissimilarities of the physical parameters suggest a different origin from the core members of the group.

See also

• Sinope in fiction

References

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16. Nesvorný, D.; Beaugé, C. & Dones, L. (2004). "Collisional Origin of Families of Irregular Satellites". The Astronomical Journal. 127 (3): 1768–1783. Bibcode:2004AJ....127.1768N. doi:10.1086/382099.
17. Grav, T.; Holman, M. J. (2004). "Near-Infrared Photometry of the Irregular Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn". The Astrophysical Journal. 605 (2): L141–L144. arXiv:astro-ph/0312571. Bibcode:2004ApJ...605L.141G. doi:10.1086/420881. S2CID 15665146.

External links

• Sinope Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration
• David Jewitt pages
• Jupiter's Known Satellites (by Scott S. Sheppard)
• Ephemeris IAU-MPC NSES

• Moons of Jupiter
• Irregular satellites
• Astronomical objects discovered in 1914
• Pasiphae group
• Moons with a retrograde orbit