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Jerry R. Ehman

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Jerry R. Ehman is an American astronomer. He is the first scientist to detect 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.

Biography

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Ehman's original sidenote where he noted "Wow" in the margin.

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]

References and notes

  1. ^ "Ohio Historical Society 6 Big Ear Historical Marker" (htm). Big Ear Memorial Website. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
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