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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] |
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| Fields | Space science |
Duncan I. Steel (born 1955) is a Britishspace scientist.[1] He hasdiscovered severalminor planets and has written fourpopular science books. He is a member of theInternational Astronomical Union,[2] and has worked at theXerra Earth Observation Institute inNelson, in theSouth Island of New Zealand.[3][4] He was formerly on the staff of theUniversity 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 ofmeteoroids.[5]
Between 1990 and 1994 he discovered twelve numbered minor planets.[6] The asteroid4713 Steel, discovered byRobert McNaught in 1989, is named after him.[7][8]
In August 2022 Steel pleaded guilty toburglary and breaching the New ZealandHarmful 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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