Pandora is the Saturnian moon named after the mythological first woman.
Pandora is a small outer satellite of Saturn. Voyager 1 images helped confirm it in 1980, and it received the name Pandora from Greek mythology. The moon is one of Saturn’s shepherd satellites: together with Prometheus, it helps confine and shape the planet’s narrow F ring.
Pandora and Prometheus are especially notable because both moon names come from the same Greek mythological family. Their gravitational effects on the F ring have made them important examples of how small moons can influence planetary ring structure.
This astronomical Pandora is not the fictional world from “Avatar,” and it is not the jar from Hesiod’s poem. The same name appears in mythology, planetary science, and popular culture, so identifying Saturn is essential for this fact.