The man behind Comet Hartley

[astroron (Ron)]

Some interesting info on the discoverer of Comet P103 Hartley 2
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cf...lease_2010-368

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by astroron

Some interesting info on the discoverer of Comet P103 Hartley 2

They were talking to Malcolm Hartley on 702 Sydney this morning. That was recorded before he left to go to JPL.

[koputai (Jason)]

Yes, it was on the Devils[1] wireless[2] here in Canberra as well.

Cheers,
Jason.
[1] - 666 kHz
[2] - Let's claim back the real meaning of wireless!!

[Outbackmanyep]

I met Malcolm at the UK Schmidt at Coona on the long weekend at their open day, he never said who he was but i found out later! Nice chap!

[Liz]

Thanks for that Ron, well he is world famous man now!!