Sinope (/sɨˈnoʊpiː/ sə-NOH-pee; Greek: Σινώπη) 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.Sinope was the outermost known moon of Jupiter until the discovery of Megaclite in 2000.
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