The asteroid named Pandora in the official asteroid catalogue is 55 Pandora.
55 Pandora is a large main-belt asteroid discovered by George Mary Searle at the Albany Observatory in New York on September 10, 1858. Its name comes from Pandora, the figure of Greek mythology whose jar released troubles into the world.
The number 55 is the asteroid’s permanent designation, assigned according to the order in which it received a confirmed orbit and official numbering. It is not a reference to a date in the myth or to the year of discovery. The object belongs to the central region of the asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Asteroid names can be shared with mythological characters, places, or concepts, so “Pandora” in this context refers to an astronomical body rather than Saturn’s moon. Saturn’s Pandora is a separate object discovered much later from Voyager imagery.