# Caballero 2022: An approximation to determine the source of the WOW! Signal

> Alberto Caballero, 2022. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The only published attempt to name a stellar candidate; depends on assumptions the…

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# An approximation to determine the source of the WOW! Signal

Alberto Caballero, 2022. _International Journal of Astrobiology_.

Samples 66 G and K stars in the Wow! region from the Gaia archive and names one, 2MASS 19281982−2640123, as the best Sun-like candidate if the signal came from a star system like ours. IJA 21, 129–136.

**Wow! signal** Articledoi: **[10.1017/S1473550422000015](https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550422000015)** Checked against the original0

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Caballero, A. (2022). An approximation to determine the source of the WOW! Signal. International Journal of Astrobiology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550422000015
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