Duncan Steel
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Duncan I. Steel | |
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| 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] |
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| 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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| 24734 Kareness | 10 March 1992 |
| 55815 Melindakim | 31 December 1994 |
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Books[edit]
- Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets: The Search for the Million Megaton Menace That Threatens Life on Earth. New York: Wiley. 1995. ISBN 0-471-30824-2. (with a foreword by Arthur C. Clarke).
- Target earth. Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest Association. 2000. ISBN 0-7621-0298-5. (with an afterword by Arthur C. Clarke).[11]
- Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar. New York: Wiley. 2000. ISBN 0-4712-9827-1.[12]
- Eclipse: The Celestial Phenomenon That Changed the Course of History. Washington D.C.: Joseph Henry Press. 2001. ISBN 0-309-07438-X. (with a foreword by Paul Davies).
References[edit]
- ^ Lovett, Richard A. (2 May 2019). "Earth hit by 17 meteors a day". Cosmos magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "IAU Individual Members: Duncan I. Steel". International Astronomical Union. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Mandow, Rami (6 November 2019). "NZ Government funding $26M satellite to track global methane sources". spaceaustralia.com. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Starboard: Science team". Starboard.nz. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ Steel, Duncan (1984). Orbital characteristics of meteoroids (Doctoral thesis). UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/8834. hdl:10092/13328.
- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers". Minor Planet Center. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Minor Planet Circular 17982" (PDF). Minor Planet Center. 30 March 1991. p. 130. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "4713 Steel". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 4713. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Neal, Tracy (11 August 2022). "Space scientist Duncan Steel given home detention for campaign to humiliate woman he knew". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ Ridout, Amy (11 August 2022). "Space scientist sent woman's private details to colleagues and family, broke into her home". Stuff.co.NZ. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Astronomy Book Reviews". SkyNews. 20 April 2013. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ Hannah, Robert (2000). "Review: Duncan Steel, Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar". Material Culture Review. 52.
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