Jerry R. Ehman

For the Canadian hockey player, see Gerry Ehman.

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.

Biography

The WOW! Signal
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]

External links

• The Big Ear Wow! Signal - What We Know and Don't Know About It After 20 Years

References and notes

1. ^ "Ohio Historical Society 6 Big Ear Historical Marker" (htm). Big Ear Memorial Website. http://www.bigear.org/ohsmarkr/photos20001105.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-08. 

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