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GCN Circular 10949

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 300370702 (100709513) is not a GRB
Date
2010-07-09T14:56:12Z (16 years ago)
From
Suzanne Foley at MPE <sfoley@mpe.mpg.de>
S. Foley (MPE), reports on behalf of
the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 300370702 (100709513) at
12:18:20.44 UT
on 09 July 2010, tentatively classified as a GRB, is in fact not due
to a GRB. This trigger is due to a particle event entering the South
Atlantic Anomaly."
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