Malcolm Hartley

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**List of comets discovered : 13**
79P / you Toit-Hartley	with D. du Toit
80P / Peters-Hartley	with C. Peters
100P / Hartley (Hartley 1)
103P / Hartley (Hartley 2)
110P / Hartley (Hartley 3)
119P / Parker-Hartley	with Q. Parker
123P / West Hartley	with R. West
161P / Hartley-IRAS	me IRAS
C / 1984 W2 (Hartley)
C / 1985 R1 (Hartley-Good)
P / 1994 N2 (McNaught-Hartley)	with R. McNaught
C / 1995 Q2 (Hartley-Drinkwater)	with M. Drinkwater
C / 1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley)	with R. McNaught

**List of discovered asteroids : 3**
(21374) 1997 WS ₂₂	November 24, 1997
(65674) 1988 SM	September 29, 1988

Malcolm Hartley is an Australian astronomer born in England .

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

He owes his fame to the discovery of a total of 13 comets , of which he is the sole discoverer of four.

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), limited preview in the Google book search

Individual evidence

^ Minor Planet Discoverers

personal data
SURNAME	Hartley, Malcolm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century