Sinope (moon)

Sinope
Sinope photographed by the Haute-Provence Observatory on 14 August 1998
Discovery [1]
Discovered bySeth B. Nicholson
Discovery siteLick Observatory
Discovery date21 July 1914
Designations
Designation
Jupiter IX
Pronunciation/səˈnoʊpiː/[2][3]
Named after
Σινώπη Sinōpē
AdjectivesSinopean[4] /saɪnəˈpiːən/[5]
Orbital characteristics [6]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Observation arc103.87 yr (37,938 days)
0.1629144 AU (24,371,650 km)
Eccentricity0.3366550
–777.29 d
(2.13 years)
71.53524°
0° 27m 47.33s / day
Inclination158.63840° (to ecliptic)
8.61437°
60.30205°
Satellite ofJupiter
GroupPasiphae group
Physical characteristics
35.0±0.6 km[7]
13.16±0.10 h[8]
Albedo0.042±0.006[7]
18.3[9]
11.1[6]

Sinope /səˈnoʊpiː/ is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Lick Observatory in 1914,[1] and is named after Sinope of Greek mythology.

Sinope did not receive its present name until 1975;[10][11] before then, it was simply known as Jupiter IX. It was sometimes called "Hades"[12] between 1955 and 1975.

  1. ^ a b Nicholson, S. B. (1914). "Discovery of the Ninth Satellite of Jupiter". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 26 (1): 197–198. Bibcode:1914PASP...26..197N. doi:10.1086/122336. PMC 1090718. PMID 16586574.
  2. ^ "Sinope". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d.
  3. ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ^ Sergey Vnukov (2010) "Sinopean Amphorae of the Roman Period", Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia 16
  5. ^ Hector Stuart (1876) Ben Nebo, and Other Poems, p. 22
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference MPC111777 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Grav2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Luu1991 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference SheppardMoons was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Nicholson, S. B. (April 1939). "The Satellites of Jupiter". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 51 (300): 85–94. Bibcode:1939PASP...51...85N. doi:10.1086/125010. (in which he declines to name the recently discovered satellites (pp. 93–94))
  11. ^ IAUC 2846: Satellites of Jupiter 1974 October (naming the moon)
  12. ^ Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia; Katherine Haramundanis (1970). Introduction to Astronomy. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-478107-4.