Sinope
CategoryMoon of Jupiter
SystemSolar System
Diameter35 km
Orbital Period758.9 days
About Sinope
A distant retrograde moon of Jupiter. For decades it held the record as the farthest confirmed moon from the planet. Discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1914. A member of the Pasiphae group of captured objects. Likely a fragment of a shattered D-type asteroid. Takes about 759 days to complete one backwards orbit.
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