Saturn’s moon named after Pandora, the figure from Greek mythology, is called Pandora. It is a small outer satellite of Saturn and acts as a shepherd moon near the planet’s narrow F ring.
Voyager 1 images confirmed Pandora’s existence in 1980, although the moon had been identified from earlier observations. Its name was chosen from Greek mythology, following the convention used for many satellites in the Saturn system. Pandora’s neighboring moon Prometheus helps shape the F ring through their gravitational effects.
Pandora is irregularly shaped and heavily cratered, unlike a large spherical planet or moon. Its astronomical name is therefore not a reference to the box itself, but to the mythological character. This moon is one of several Solar System bodies named after figures from classical stories.