Which planet has the small moon named Pandora, discovered in Voyager 1 images?

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Saturn has the small moon named Pandora, discovered in Voyager 1 images.

Pandora is an inner moon of Saturn and a shepherd satellite of the planet’s narrow F ring. Voyager 1 images taken in 1980 revealed the moon, and its discovery was announced in the early 1980s. The International Astronomical Union later approved the name Pandora, linking the object to Greek mythology.

As a shepherd moon, Pandora’s gravity helps influence the material around Saturn’s rings. It works with the nearby moon Prometheus, whose name also comes from Greek mythology. Their interactions contribute to the structure and confinement of the F ring.

Saturn’s Pandora is easy to confuse with 55 Pandora, an asteroid, or with the fictional moon in Avatar. These objects share a name but belong to entirely different settings: one is a Saturnian moon, one is a main-belt asteroid, and one is an invented world in a film universe.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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