Pandora is the Saturnian moon that shares its name with the woman in the Greek Pandora myth.
Pandora is a small inner moon of Saturn and functions as an outer shepherd satellite of the planet’s narrow F ring. Its gravitational influence helps confine and shape the ring material, working with the nearby moon Prometheus. The pairing is especially memorable because both moons take names from figures linked to the Prometheus-Pandora mythological tradition.
Voyager 1 images revealed Pandora in 1980, and the moon was formally named after the mythological Pandora. It should not be confused with 55 Pandora, an asteroid in the main belt, or with fictional characters and commercial uses of the name.
Saturn has many moons named for figures from mythology, particularly traditions associated with the Titans and related stories. Pandora’s role near the F ring gives this mythological name a specific astronomical context.