Jerry R. Ehman
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Jerry R. Ehman is an American astronomer. He detected the strong narrowband radio signal known as Wow! signal on August 15, 1977 while working on a SETI project at the Big Ear radio telescope of Ohio State University.
[edit] Biography
Credit: The Ohio State University Radio Observatory and the North American AstroPhysical Observatory (NAAPO).
Ehman has a Ph.D. degree in astronomy from the University of Michigan where he specialized in radio astronomy. He taught electrical engineering at the Ohio State University while working on the Big Ear project.[1]
[edit] References and notes
- ^ "Ohio Historical Society 6 Big Ear Historical Marker" (htm). Big Ear Memorial Website. http://www.bigear.org/ohsmarkr/photos20001105.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
[edit] External links
- The Big Ear Wow! Signal - What We Know and Don't Know About It After 20 Years
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