What is Pandora called in the 2009 film Avatar?

In the 2009 film Avatar, Pandora is a moon of Polyphemus.

James Cameron’s Avatar places Pandora in the Alpha Centauri star system. It is a fictional, habitable moon orbiting the gas giant Polyphemus. The moon’s dense forests, unusual wildlife, and indigenous Na’vi communities form the main setting for the film’s conflict between human mining interests and the local ecosystem.

Pandora is not presented as a planet in the film’s fictional astronomy. Calling it a planet is a frequent shorthand, but the more precise description is a moon. Its relationship with Polyphemus is central to the setting and is expanded in official franchise material.

This cinematic Pandora is unrelated to the woman in Hesiod’s Greek myth. The shared name is an intentional mythological reference, while the story, setting, and characters belong to science fiction.