Pandora is Saturn's moon discovered in 1980 that helps shepherd the planet's F ring.
Voyager 1 images revealed Pandora and its neighboring moon Prometheus, allowing scientists to study their effects on Saturn's narrow, braided F ring. Pandora orbits outside the ring, while Prometheus orbits inside it; their gravitational influence helps confine and shape the ring's material.
Pandora is an irregular moon with a heavily cratered surface. Its name comes from Pandora in Greek mythology, continuing the tradition of giving Saturn's moons names from mythological figures.
Pandora is sometimes confused with Prometheus because both are called shepherd satellites of the F ring. They are separate moons with different orbits. Pandora is also much smaller than Saturn's large moons such as Titan and Rhea, and it should not be confused with the asteroid 55 Pandora.