Bondarenko (crater)

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Bondarenko
Bondarenko crater AS15-M-0106.jpg
Apollo 15 Mapping Camera image
Coordinates 17°14′S136°53′E / 17.24°S 136.89°E / -17.24; 136.89
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.

References

  1. Bondarenko, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)