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Sinope, a moon of Jupiter

Callirrhoe
Sinope

Classification
Natural satellite of Jupiter
Average distance from Jupiter
24,864,100 km
15,449,806 miles
Diameter across equator
35 km
22 miles
Time to orbit Jupiter
759 days
Year of Discovery
1914
Origin of Name
A daughter of Asopus, abducted by Zeus who abducted her and took her to the site that later became known as the city of Sinope on the Black Sea. Named in 1975, before which being known as Jupiter IX and sometimes, from 1955, Hades.
Callirrhoe
Sinope
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