'55 Pandora' is a quite large and very bright
Main belt asteroid. Pandora was discovered by
G. Searle on
September 10,
1858. It was his first and only asteroid discovery. It is named after
Pandora, the first woman in
Greek mythology. Not to be confused with
Saturn's
moon Pandora.
References
1. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/albedo.html