Pandora is the Saturn moon named after the Greek mythological figure and discovered in Voyager 1 images.
Voyager 1 images revealed Pandora in 1980, and astronomers initially identified it as a shepherd satellite associated with Saturn’s narrow F ring. Its gravitational influence helps confine and shape material in that ring, alongside the nearby moon Prometheus. Pandora’s irregular, heavily cratered surface reflects its small size and long exposure to impacts.
The moon was named for Pandora, the figure in Greek mythology associated with the container that released troubles into the world. Several Saturnian moons have names from Greek and Roman mythology, including Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Janus, so those names are common sources of confusion.
Pandora is a small inner satellite rather than one of Saturn’s large major moons. Later spacecraft observations, especially from Cassini, provided more detailed information about its shape, surface, orbit, and relationship with the F ring.