Pandora is the Saturn moon named after the mythological figure and discovered by Voyager 1 in 1980.
Voyager 1 photographed Pandora on Pandora’s discovery images during its encounter with Saturn. The moon is a small, irregular satellite that orbits near Saturn’s F ring and helps shape that ring’s structure.
Pandora is classified as an outer shepherd satellite of the F ring. Its gravitational influence contributes to the ring’s confinement and changing appearance. The nearby moon Prometheus is the inner shepherd, so the pair are often discussed together.
Pandora should not be confused with Saturn’s moon Epimetheus, despite the mythological connection between those names. Pandora and Epimetheus are separate satellites with different orbits and physical characteristics.