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Pandora
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(pndõr´), in astronomy, one of the 18 named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn.
Pandora
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Pandora ("pan DOR uh") is the fourth of Saturn's known satellites: orbit: 141,700 km from Saturn diameter: 84 km (114 x 84 x 62) mass: 2.2e17 kg ...
The resultant mess, known as Pandora's Cluster, has proven itself to be a galactic box of strange phenomena unleashed by a cosmic crash that took place over a period of roughly 350 million years.
Pandora
The outer shepherd moon of the F Ring is named Pandora. This small moon was discovered in 1980 by Collins. The name Pandora comes from Greek mythology.
PANDORA AND THE 'BRAIDED' F RING
Artist's view of Saturn's rings seen from the surface of Pandora.
COMPUTER MODEL OF THE RING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION ...
Pandora's Color Close-up
Colorful Cratered Calypso
Mars With Cloud Cover
Blue Marble West
Blue Marble East ...
Pandora
Discovered: S. A. Collins & D. Carlson/Voyager 1, 1980
Distance from Saturn: 141,700km ...
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Atlas, Pan, Pandora, Prometheus and others are shepherd moons that herd particles orbiting Saturn into rings.
Pandora (NASA Thesaurus) A natural satellite of Saturn, orbiting at a mean distance of 141,700 kilometers.
Mars images for 02 July 2003 by DC Parker showing a dust swirl streak south of Syrtis Major in Pandorae Fretum and Iapygia Mare, and dust cloud in northwest Hellas. This appears to be the beginning of a major dust storm. Figure 6-13.
These two small, dark satellites, each about 50 km in diameter, are called Prometheus and Pandora.
The Janian surface appears to be older than Prometheus' but younger than Pandora's. From its very low density and relatively high albedo, it seems likely that Janus is a very porous icy body.
A small object was discovered moving near the outside edge of the F ring, interior to the orbit of Saturn's moon Pandora. The object was seen by Dr.
Saturn shepards include Pandora (inside) and Prometheus (outside), which are associated with the F ring. The ring is braided as a result of the gravitational perturbations of the two satellites.
Some of the names are possibly familiar to you - Pan, Daphnis, Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Epimetheus, Janus, Mimas, Methone, Pallene, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Calypso, Dione, Helene, Polydeuces, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Iapetus, Kiviuq, Ijiraq, ...
Two shepherd satellites, Prometheus and Pandora, constrain or shepherd the particle of Saturn’s F ring particles to stay between their orbits.
Two smaller moons, Pandora (the brighter one closer to Saturn) and Prometheus, appear as if they're touching the F Ring. In the second frame, Mimas emerges from Saturn's shadow and appears to be chasing Prometheus.
Some asteroids share the same names as moons of Saturn: 55 Pandora, 106 Dione, 577 Rhea, 1809 Prometheus, 1810 Epimetheus, 4450 Pan. See also Name conflicts of solar system objects.
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Some gaps are cleared out by the passage of tiny moonlets such as Pan, many more of which may yet be undiscovered, and some ringlets seem to be maintained by the gravitational effects of small shepherd satellites such as Prometheus and Pandora.
In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to human beings for their use....
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Saturn's known moons are (from nearest to furthest from the planet): Pan, Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Epimetheus, Janus, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Calypso, Dione, Helene, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Phoebe.
Examples of shepherd satellites include Saturn's moons Prometheus and Pandora (pictured above) which shepherd its narrow, outer F ring.
 See also: Saturn, Prometheus, Earth, Moon, Rings
  
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