Saturn’s moon named Pandora is the mythological woman linked with the box.
Pandora is a small inner satellite of Saturn discovered in 1980 by images from the Voyager 1 spacecraft. It orbits near Saturn’s F ring and acts as one of the ring’s shepherd satellites, working with Prometheus to influence the ring’s narrow structure. Its companion is fittingly named after Pandora’s mythological associate, the Titan Prometheus.
The moon is irregularly shaped and heavily cratered. It is much smaller than Saturn’s major moons and is not a world with a substantial atmosphere or Earth-like surface. Its significance comes mainly from its gravitational relationship with the F ring.
The astronomical name connects a modern planetary-science object with the ancient Greek story. Pandora the moon should not be confused with Pandora, an asteroid, or with fictional worlds that use the same name.