The Saturnian moon discovered in 1980 and named after Pandora is Pandora. Voyager 1 images revealed the small satellite during the spacecraft’s encounter with Saturn.
Pandora is an outer shepherd moon of Saturn’s narrow F ring. Its gravitational influence helps confine and shape the ring, working with the nearby moon Prometheus. The satellite is irregularly shaped and heavily cratered, fitting the rugged appearance of many small outer Solar System bodies.
This astronomical Pandora is named from Greek mythology, but it is not the container from the myth. Prometheus and Epimetheus are also names used for Saturnian moons, which can make identification confusing. Pandora’s designation is Saturn XVII, reflecting its historical numbering among Saturn’s satellites rather than its distance from the planet.