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Duncan I. Steel (born 1955) is a British space scientist.Шаблон:R 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.Шаблон:R He was formerly on the staff of the University of Salford in the United Kingdom.Шаблон:R Steel completed a PhD at the University of Canterbury in 1984 with a thesis on the orbital characteristics of meteoroids.[1]

According to Scopus, Steel has an h-index of 13.Шаблон:R Between 1990 and 1994 he discovered twelve numbered minor planets.[2] The asteroid 4713 Steel, discovered by Robert McNaught in 1989, is named after him.Шаблон:R

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.Шаблон:R

Minor planets discovered: 12 [2]
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)[3]
  • Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar (Wiley, New York, 2000).[4]
  • Eclipse: The Celestial Phenomenon That Changed the Course of History (National Academies Press, Washington DC, 2001) (with a foreword by Paul Davies).

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References

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  1. Шаблон:Cite thesis
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  4. Шаблон:Cite journal