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Pandora

Moons

Pandora is an inner moon of Saturn, discovered in 1980 in photographs taken by the Voyager 1 probe and provisionally designated S/1980 S 26 before being officially named, in late 1985, for Pandora of Greek mythology; it also carries the formal designation Saturn XVII.

Facts
Classification
Catalogue
Other or Uncatalogued 1
Discovery Year
1980 2
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
2. Wikidata: Pandora
Wikidata Q17746, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Pandora (Wikipedia)
Pandora, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
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In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first human woman, created by Hephaestus on the instructions of Zeus.
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Pandora (moon) (Wikipedia)
In Group: Moons of Saturn, Lead sentence
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Pandora is an inner satellite of Saturn.
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