Pandora is a moon in the Saturn system.
Pandora is a natural satellite of Saturn, not a planet, comet, or asteroid. It is a small, irregularly shaped body located near Saturn’s F ring. Its orbit and gravity contribute to the ring’s organization, making Pandora one of the moons commonly described as a shepherd satellite. Prometheus, another small moon, works with Pandora in influencing the F ring’s appearance.
The object was first identified in images taken by Voyager 1 in 1980. Later observations from the Cassini mission provided additional information about its shape, surface, and relationship with the ring system. Because Pandora is small and irregular, it is very different from large spherical moons such as Titan or Rhea.
The name creates an easy source of confusion: Pandora is also a figure from Greek mythology and the name of fictional worlds and characters in popular culture. In astronomy, however, “Pandora” with a Saturn reference means the natural satellite catalogued as a moon of Saturn.