Biography:Duncan Steel
Duncan I. Steel | |
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| Born | 1955 (age 70–71) |
| 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]
| 5263 Arrius | 13 April 1991 |
| 6828 Elbsteel | 12 November 1990 |
| 9038 Helensteel | 12 November 1990 |
| 9193 Geoffreycopland | 10 March 1992 |
| 9758 Dainty | 13 April 1991 |
| 9767 Midsomer Norton | 10 March 1992 |
| 10107 Kenny | 27 March 1992 |
| 16578 Essjayess | 29 March 1992 |
| 24734 Kareness | 10 March 1992 |
| 55815 Melindakim | 31 December 1994 |
| 58196 Ashleyess | 10 March 1992 |
| 69311 Russ | 21 August 1992 |
Books
- 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. http://archive.org/details/rogueasteroidsdo0000stee. (with a foreword by Arthur C. Clarke).
- Target earth. Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest Association. 2000. ISBN 0-7621-0298-5. http://archive.org/details/targetearth00dunc. (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. https://archive.org/details/eclipsecelestial0000stee_b2i6. (with a foreword by Paul Davies).
References
- ↑ Lovett, Richard A. (2 May 2019). "Earth hit by 17 meteors a day". Cosmos magazine. https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/earth-hit-by-17-meteors-a-day/.
- ↑ "IAU Individual Members: Duncan I. Steel". 20 November 2023. https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/7065/.
- ↑ Mandow, Rami (6 November 2019). "NZ Government funding $26M satellite to track global methane sources". https://spaceaustralia.com/news/nz-government-funding-26m-satellite-track-global-methane-sources.
- ↑ "Starboard: Science team". https://starboard.nz/about/index.html.
- ↑ Steel, Duncan (1984). Orbital characteristics of meteoroids (Doctoral thesis). UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/8834. hdl:10092/13328.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Minor Planet Discoverers". 12 April 2024. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html.
- ↑ "Minor Planet Circular 17982". Minor Planet Center. 30 March 1991. p. 130. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/1991/MPC_19910330.pdf#page=130.
- ↑ "4713 Steel". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=4713.
- ↑ Neal, Tracy (11 August 2022). "Space scientist Duncan Steel given home detention for campaign to humiliate woman he knew". The New Zealand Herald. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/space-scientist-duncan-steel-given-home-detention-for-campaign-to-humiliate-woman-he-knew/ORH5HJ26FCCWLAWGFC6BSPDTYY/.
- ↑ Ridout, Amy (11 August 2022). "Space scientist sent woman's private details to colleagues and family, broke into her home". Stuff.co.NZ. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/129545204/space-scientist-sent-womans-private-details-to-colleagues-and-family-broke-into-her-home.
- ↑ "Astronomy Book Reviews". 20 April 2013. http://www.skynews.ca/book-reviews/.
- ↑ Hannah, Robert (2000). "Review: Duncan Steel, Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar". Material Culture Review 52. https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17875/22109.
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