Duncan Steel
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Duncan I. Steel (born 1955) is a British space scientist.[1]Template:R/superscript He has discovered several minor planets and has written four popular science books. He is a member of the International Astronomical Union,[2]Template:R/superscript and has worked at the Xerra Earth Observation Institute in Nelson, in the South Island of New Zealand.[3]Template:R/superscript[4]Template:R/superscript He was formerly on the staff of the University of Salford in the United Kingdom.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Steel completed a PhD at the University of Canterbury in 1984 with a thesis on the orbital characteristics of meteoroids.[5]Template:R/superscript
Between 1990 and 1994 he discovered twelve numbered minor planets.[6]Template:R/superscript The asteroid 4713 Steel, discovered by Robert McNaught in 1989, is named after him.[7]Template:R/superscript[8]Template:R/superscript
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]Template:R/superscript[10]Template:R/superscript
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Books
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- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". (with an afterword by Arthur C. Clarke).[11]Template:R/superscript
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- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". (with a foreword by Paul Davies).
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External links
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