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GCN Circular 17916

Subject
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 455474712 / 150608698 is not a GRB
Date
2015-06-08T19:10:30Z (10 years ago)
From
George A. Younes at George Washington U <gyounes@email.gwu.edu>
Younes G. (GWU) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 455474712 / 150608698
at 16:45:09.95 UT on 08 June 2015, tentatively classified as a GRB, is in
fact
not due  to a GRB. This trigger is due to distant particles."
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