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GCN Circular 20209

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 501785179/161125699 is not a GRB
Date
2016-11-25T17:41:19Z (8 years ago)
From
Matthew Stanbro at UAH/Fermi <mcs0001@uah.edu>
M. Stanbro (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 501785179/161125699
at 16:46:15.51 UT on 25 November 2016, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to a local particle event."
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