Pandora

Pandora is a small, potato-shaped moon of Saturn.[1] JPL's physical-parameter table gives Pandora a mean radius of about 40.6 kilometres.[2]

History

Voyager 1 images led the mission science team to identify Pandora in 1980.[1]

Findings

Fine icy dust covers Pandora, including its craters.[1] Pandora tends to disturb Saturn's F ring.[1] ESA lists Pandora at 141,700 kilometres from Saturn’s centre.[3] ESA lists Pandora at 52 by 110 kilometres in diameter.[3]

Current status

Pandora circles Saturn in about 15.1 hours.[1] Pandora received its current name in 1985 after a provisional designation.[1]

Sources

  1. Pandora | NASA. Licence: facts-only (Track B), no text or images reused. Attribution: NASA.
  2. Planetary Satellite Physical Parameters | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Licence: facts-only (Track B), no text reused. Attribution: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
  3. Saturn's moons | ESA. Licence: facts-only (Track B), no text reused. Attribution: European Space Agency.

Evidence as of 2026-11-01.