Which real moon named after Pandora was discovered by Voyager 1 in 1980?

Saturn’s moon Pandora was discovered by Voyager 1 in 1980.

Pandora is a small inner moon of Saturn and is classified as a shepherd satellite of Saturn’s narrow F ring. Its gravitational influence helps shape and confine material near that ring. Voyager 1 images revealed the moon in October 1980, during the spacecraft’s Saturn encounter.

The moon was named after Pandora from Greek mythology. Astronomers use mythological names for many Saturnian satellites, and Pandora’s name places it among a group associated with figures from classical stories. It is not the same object as the fictional moon in Avatar, which was invented for a film.

Pandora’s irregular, cratered surface and very small size distinguish it from large planetary moons such as Titan or Rhea. Its significance comes less from habitability than from its orbital role near Saturn’s F ring.