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GCN Circular 21880

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 526978609/170913289 is not a GRB
Date
2017-09-13T08:38:52Z (8 years ago)
From
Andreas von Kienlin at MPE <azk@mpe.mpg.de>
A. von Kienlin (MPE) reports on behalf of
the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:

���The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 526978609/170913289
at 06:56:44.85 UT on 13 September 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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