Pandora is the Saturnian moon named after the mythological figure associated with the famous container.
Pandora was discovered in 1980 in photographs taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft. It is a small outer shepherd satellite of Saturn’s narrow F ring, and its gravitational influence helps shape that ring’s structure. The moon is therefore connected to the Pandora name through astronomy, not because it contains the mythological evils.
Pandora’s orbital neighborhood includes Prometheus, another small Saturnian moon. Prometheus helps shepherd the F ring from the inner side, while Pandora occupies the outer side. Their paired names echo the relationship between the two figures in Greek mythology.
The moon should not be confused with Saturn’s much larger moon Titan or with Epimetheus, which is a separate Saturnian satellite. The naming convention reflects mythology, while the astronomical objects are physical bodies studied by spacecraft.