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Sinope

Satellite
Sinope 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... Wikipedia
Orbital period: 730 days
Discovered: July 21, 1914
Mean diameter: 35.0±0.6 km
Named after: Σινώπη Sinōpē
Pronunciation: /səˈnoʊpiː/
Synodic rotation period: 13.16±0.10 h