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GCN Circular 21361

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 522334209/170721535 is not a GRB
Date
2017-07-23T00:28:16Z (7 years ago)
From
Oliver J Roberts at USRA/NASA <oliver.roberts@nasa.gov>
O.J. Roberts (USRA) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 522334209/170721535
at 12:50:04.518 UT on 21 July 2017, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to local particles."
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