Biography:Duncan Steel
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] |
| 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, which lists him as working at the Xerra Earth Observation Institute in Nelson, in the South Island of New Zealand.[2] He was formerly on the staff of the University of Salford in the United Kingdom.[3] Steel completed a PhD at the University of Canterbury in 1984 with a thesis on the orbital characteristics of meteoroids.[4]
According to Scopus, Steel has an h-index of 13.[3] Between 1990 and 1994 he discovered twelve numbered minor planets.[5] The asteroid 4713 Steel, discovered by Robert McNaught in 1989, is named after him.[6]:619
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.[1][7]
| 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 (Wiley, New York, 1995) (with a foreword by Arthur C. Clarke).
- Eclipse: The Celestial Phenomenon Which Changed the Course of History (The Joseph Henry Press, Washington D.C., 2001) (with a foreword by Paul Davies).
- Target Earth (Time Life 2000; Reader's Digest 2001) (with an afterword by Arthur C. Clarke)[8]
- Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar (Wiley, New York, 2000).[9]
- Eclipse: The Celestial Phenomenon That Changed the Course of History (National Academies Press, Washington DC, 2001) (with a foreword by Paul Davies).
See also
- Space Scientist, Author & Broadcaster
- Saga of MH370
- Deducing the Mid-Flight Speed of MH370 by Brian Anderson 2015 March 20 (Document prepared 26 December 2014)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tracy Neal (11 August 2022). Space scientist Duncan Steel given home detention for campaign to humiliate woman he knew. New Zealand Herald. Accessed August 2022. [unreliable source?]
- ↑ Duncan I. Steel. International Astronomical Union. Accessed September 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Steel, Duncan I.. Scopus. Accessed September 2022.
- ↑ Steel, Duncan (1984). Orbital characteristics of meteoroids (Doctoral thesis). UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/8834. hdl:10092/13328.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(4713) Steel". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4713) Steel. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 406. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4625. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=eHv1CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA619.
- ↑ Amy Ridout (11 August 2022). Space scientist sent woman's private details to colleagues and family, broke into her home. Stuff NZ. Accessed August 2022.
- ↑ "Astronomy Book Reviews". 20 April 2013. http://www.skynews.ca/book-reviews/. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ 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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