page_title: Bondarenko (crater)
hierarchical_section_title: Bondarenko (crater)
caption_attribution_description: English: Bondarenko crater, on the far side of the moon.
context_page_description: 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. Patsaev itself is to the west of Bondarenko. It is named for Valentin Bondarenko, an early Soviet cosmonaut killed in a training simulator accident.
context_section_description: 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. 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.
caption: Apollo 15 Mapping Camera image
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