Malcolm Hartley

Malcolm Hartley, Registered in England -born Australian astronomer.

He works at Siding Spring Observatory, where he discovered a total of 3 asteroids 1988-1997.

His reputation he owes the discovery of 13 comets, where he is the sole discoverer in four of them.

The asteroid ( 4768 ) Hartley was named after him.

Source

• Lutz D. Schmadel: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 5th ed Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 (English ) [ Preview from Google Book Search