Pandora, the small moon near Saturn’s F ring, orbits Saturn.
Pandora is an irregular satellite of Saturn and one of the planet’s shepherd moons. It helps shape the narrow F ring together with the moon Prometheus. The two moons orbit on opposite sides of the ring and exert gravitational influences that contribute to its complex, braided appearance.
Voyager 1 images revealed Pandora in 1980, and the moon was initially designated S/1980 S 26. It was later named Pandora after the figure from Greek mythology. The naming connects the satellite to the mythological character but does not imply that the moon is made of a particular material from the story.
Pandora is small and irregularly shaped, unlike Saturn’s largest moon Titan. It is also distinct from 55 Pandora, an asteroid in the main belt, and from fictional settings such as the moon called Pandora in Avatar. The shared name is the main source of confusion.