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GCN Circular 19706

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 490193747/160714539 is not a GRB
Date
2016-07-14T15:22:56Z (8 years ago)
From
Hoi-Fung Yu at MPE <sptfung@mpe.mpg.de>
Hoi-Fung Yu (MPE)
reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 490193747/160714539
at 12:55:43.61 UT on 14 July 2016, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to an local particle event."
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