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Coordinates | 17°14′S136°53′E / 17.24°S 136.89°E |
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Diameter | 28.26 km (17.56 mi) |
Depth | Unknown |
Colongitude | 224° at sunrise |
Eponym | Valentin Bondarenko |
Bondarenko is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the northeast of the large, dark-floored crater Tsiolkovskiy, and south of the crater Chauvenet. This is a worn crater formation with an irregular floor, similar to other craters in the area, which are covered by ejecta from Tsiolkovskiy.
The crater was known as Patsaev G until 1991, when it was renamed by the IAU. [1] Patsaev itself is to the west of Bondarenko. It is named for Valentin Bondarenko (1937–1961), an early Soviet cosmonaut killed in a training simulator accident.
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