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Pandora păndôr´e , in Greek mythology, first woman on earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus to create her as vengeance upon man and his benefactor, Prometheus. The gods endowed her with every charm, together with curiosity and deceit. Zeus sent her as a wife to Epimetheus, Prometheus' simple brother, and gave her a box that he forbade her to open. Despite Prometheus' warnings, Epimetheus allowed her to open the box and let out all the evils that have since afflicted man. Hope alone remained inside the box.

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A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Â© A Dictionary of Astronomy 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Pandora The fourth-closest satellite of Saturn, distance 141 700 km, orbital period 0.629 days; also known as Saturn XVII. It was discovered in 1980 on images from Voyager 1, between Saturn's F and G Rings. Pandora is irregularly shaped, 110 × 88 × 62 km in size. Its lightly cratered surface appears to have a thin cover of dust, softening the outlines of craters and ridges. Pandora is the outer shepherd moon of the F Ring.

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