Pandora is the fourth of Saturn¹'s known satellites:

　　orbit: 141,700 km from Saturn

　　diameter: 84 km (114 x 84 x 62)

　　mass: 2.2e17 kg

　　In Greek mythology² Pandora was the first woman, bestowed³ upon humankind by Zeus as a punishment for Prometheus' theft of fire. Entrusted⁴ with a box containing all the ills that could plague people, she opened it out of curiosity and thereby⁵ released all the evils of human life; wife of Epimetheus.

　　Discovered by Collins and others in 1980 from Voyager photos.

　　Pandora is the outer shepherd satellite of the F ring. The image at right shows both Pandora, the faint F ring, Prometheus and part of the A ring. (Click the image for a much finer image from Cassini)

　　Craters⁶ formed on this object by impacts appear to be covered by debris⁷, a process that probably happens rapidly in a geologic⁸ sense. The grooves⁹ and small ridges¹⁰ on Pandora suggest that fractures affect the overlying smooth material.

　　Pandora 是土星已知卫星中距其第四近的一颗：

　　公转轨道：距土星 141,700 千米

　　卫星直径：84 千米（114×84×62）

　　质量：2.2e17 千克

　　在希腊神话中，潘多拉是由于普罗米修斯偷火种，被宙斯派来惩罚人类的第一个女人。她被要求保管一只盒子，里面装着所有能够危害人类的灾祸。她出于好奇找开了这个盒子，因此释放了所有人类生活中的罪恶。潘多拉是Epimetheus的妻子。

　　这颗卫星于1980年被Collins和他的同伴从旅行者号的照片上发现。

　　土卫十七是F光环外的牧羊卫星。从右边的图片上可看到土卫十七和不明显的F光环，土卫十六及A光环的部分。

　　这颗卫星上的陨石坑比附近的土卫十六上的更大，土卫十七至少有两个直径大约30千米的大陨石坑。但是它没有长条形的山脉和峡谷。