Duncan Steel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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British astronomer
Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1955
Place of Birth: Midsomer Norton, England, United Kingdom
Profession: astronomer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Duncan Steel
- Duncan I.
- Steel FRAS (born 11 June 1955) is a British scientist born in Midsomer Norton, Somerset.
- Currently he lives in Wellington, New Zealand, but holds visiting positions as a Professor of astrobiology at the University of Buckingham in England; as a space scientist at NASA-Ames Research Center in California; and as an astronomer at Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland.
- Duncan is a space science authority who has worked with NASA to assess the threat of comet and asteroid collisions and investigate technologies to avert such impacts.
- He is also the author of four popular-level science books on space, and regularly writes for The Guardian and various other newspapers and magazines.
- He is a discoverer of minor planets including the main-belt asteroid 9767 Midsomer Norton.
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