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Duncan I. Steel | |
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Born | 1955 (age 69–70) |
Education | University of London (BSc, 1977) Queen Mary College (1978) Imperial College of Science and Technology (MSc, DIC, 1979) University of Canterbury (PhD, 1985)[ citation needed ] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Space science |
Duncan I. Steel (born 1955) is a British space scientist. [1] He has discovered several minor planets and has written four popular science books. He is a member of the International Astronomical Union, [2] and has worked at the Xerra Earth Observation Institute in Nelson, in the South Island of New Zealand. [3] [4] He was formerly on the staff of the University of Salford in the United Kingdom.[ citation needed ] Steel completed a PhD at the University of Canterbury in 1984 with a thesis on the orbital characteristics of meteoroids. [5]
Between 1990 and 1994 he discovered twelve numbered minor planets. [6] The asteroid 4713 Steel, discovered by Robert McNaught in 1989, is named after him. [7] [8]
In August 2022 Steel pleaded guilty to burglary and breaching the New Zealand Harmful Digital Communications Act. He was sentenced to 12 months' house arrest and ordered to pay $3000 in reparation for emotional harm. [9] [10]
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