claim: Leslie Alexander is from the state of New Jersey.
evidence: Malcolm Hartley is an English-born astronomer , discoverer of minor planets and comets , who works at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia .. astronomer. astronomer. Siding Spring Observatory. Siding Spring Observatory. He 's best known for his discovery and co-discovery of 10 comets since the 1980s , among them. 79P / du Toit-Hartley , 80P / Peters -- Hartley , 100P / Hartley , 110P / Hartley , and C / 1984 W2 .. 79P / du Toit-Hartley. 79P / du Toit-Hartley. 100P / Hartley. 100P / Hartley. Unfortunately for Hartley , in 2002 , `` the Anglo-Australian Observatory retrofitted its Schmidt to perform multi-object spectroscopy , essentially halting all astrophotography with the telescope and ending any future possibility for comet discovery '' .. comet. comet. astrophotography. astrophotography. In November 2010 , he visited NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory facility in California to witness the EPOXI mission flyby of comet 103P / Hartley on 4 November 2010 .. comet. comet. EPOXI. EPOXI. 103P / Hartley. 103P / Hartley. Hartley is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 3 asteroids made at the Siding Spring Observatory between 1996 and 1998 , with and being near-Earth objects of the Amor group of asteroids .. Siding Spring Observatory. Siding Spring Observatory. Minor Planet Center. Minor Planet Center. Amor. Amor asteroid. The outer main-belt asteroid 4768 Hartley was named in his honour , being deputy astronomer of the U.K. Schmidt telescope at Siding Spring , with which this minor planet was discovered .. astronomer. astronomer. minor planet. minor planet. 4768 Hartley. 4768 Hartley. Naming citation was published on 27 June 1991 .