Pandora

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Pandora is a small inner moon of Saturn that helps gravitationally shape and maintain the planet’s narrow F ring.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pandora canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Saturn
natural satellite
belongsToPlanetarySystem Saturn system
linked to: Saturnian system

Solar System
belongsToRingRegion F-ring region of Saturn
catalogDesignation Saturn XVII
density_g_per_cm3 0.48
dimensions_km 104 × 81 × 64
discoveredBy A. F. Cook
D. L. Blanchard
E. A. Marouf
G. E. Danielson
G. E. Hunt
J. B. Pollack
J. N. Cuzzi
M. S. Marley
R. S. Dunne
S. A. Collins
Voyager 1 imaging team
Y. L. Yung
discoveredBySpacecraft Voyager 1
discoveryDate 1980-10-30
equilibriumShape non-spherical
escapeVelocity_m_per_s ~58
hasIrregularShape true
hasLowDensity true
helpsMaintain Saturn F ring
linked to: F ring
helpsShape Saturn F ring
linked to: F ring
isCoShepherdWith Prometheus
isInnerShepherdMoonOf Saturn F ring
linked to: F ring
isShepherdMoonOf Saturn F ring
linked to: F ring
isTidallyLockedTo Saturn
likelyPorous true
mass_kg 1.37e17
meanRadius_km 40.7
meanSurfaceTemperature_K 78
namedAfter Pandora (mythology)
Pandora from Greek mythology
orbitalEccentricity 0.0042
orbitalInclination_deg 0.05
orbitalPeriod_days 0.628504213
orbits Saturn
orbitsNear Saturn F ring
linked to: F ring
orbitsOutside Prometheus
provisionalDesignation S/1980 S 26
rotationPeriod_days 0.628504213
semiMajorAxis_km 141720
surfaceAlbedo 0.5
surfaceComposition water ice

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

F ring shepherdedBy Pandora
Alpha Centauri Expeditions operatesOn Pandora