Who discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora, named after the figure in Greek mythology?

George Mary Searle discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora, named after the figure in Greek mythology.

Searle found Pandora on September 10, 1858, at the Dudley Observatory in Albany, New York. The object was later numbered 55, reflecting its place in the sequence of asteroid discoveries. Its mythological name connects it with Pandora, the woman associated in Greek tradition with the release of human troubles from a container.

55 Pandora is a main-belt asteroid rather than an object located near Earth. It is also unrelated to Saturn’s moon Pandora, which was discovered much later by Voyager 1 in 1980. The shared name is the reason astronomy references can appear to describe two different solar-system bodies.