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GCN Circular 19431

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 485124591/160516868 is not a GRB
Date
2016-05-17T14:15:59Z (8 years ago)
From
Peter Jenke at MSFC <peter.a.jenke@nasa.gov>
P. Jenke (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 485124591/160516868
at 20:49:47.00 UT on 16 May 2016, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to SGR 1935+2154 which
also triggered Swift/BAT (GCN 19430, S. D. Barthelmy et al.).
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