In the 2009 film Avatar, which moon is named Pandora?

In the 2009 film Avatar, Pandora is a moon of the fictional gas giant Polyphemus. James Cameron’s science-fiction story takes place largely on Pandora, where humans seek the valuable mineral unobtanium and encounter the Na’vi, the moon’s intelligent humanoid inhabitants.

Pandora is therefore not a planet in the film’s setting. It is a satellite orbiting Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri star system. The moon’s dense forests, floating mountains, unusual wildlife, and interconnected biosphere are central elements of the story’s world-building.

The name Pandora recalls the Greek mythological figure and the idea of a container from which powerful consequences emerge. However, the film’s Pandora is a fictional astronomical body with its own ecology and cultures, not a direct adaptation of the ancient story.

Avatar was directed by James Cameron and released in 2009. Its visual effects and stereoscopic 3D presentation made Pandora one of the most recognizable fictional worlds in modern cinema. The sequel Avatar: The Way of Water expanded the setting to other environments on the same moon.