In astronomy, which numbered asteroid is named Pandora?

In astronomy, Pandora is asteroid 55 Pandora.

55 Pandora is a large main-belt asteroid discovered by the German astronomer George Rümker in 1858. It was named after Pandora from Greek mythology, continuing the long tradition of assigning mythological names to minor planets. The number 55 records its place in the sequence of numbered asteroid discoveries, not its size or rank.

The asteroid is distinct from Pandora, one of Saturn’s small moons. The moon received the same mythological name but has a different designation and location. 55 Pandora orbits the Sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, whereas Saturn’s Pandora orbits a planet. This distinction matters because astronomy references can mention “Pandora” for more than one object.