What is the astronomical number of the main-belt asteroid Pandora?

The main-belt asteroid associated with the mythological name is 55 Pandora.

Astronomical numbering records the order in which minor planets were discovered and formally recognized, so “55 Pandora” identifies both its number and name. The asteroid was discovered in 1858 by the American astronomer George Mary Searle at the Albany Observatory in New York.

55 Pandora is a relatively small body orbiting the Sun in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Its name comes from Pandora of Greek mythology, following a longstanding convention of assigning mythological names to asteroids.

It should not be confused with Pandora, one of Saturn’s small moons. The asteroid and moon share a mythological name but are separate objects with different orbits, discoverers, and classifications. The number 55 is the distinctive fact that identifies the asteroid in astronomical catalogs.