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GCN Circular 11797

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 321944155 (110316205) is not a GRB
Date
2011-03-17T08:29:52Z (13 years ago)
From
David Gruber at MPE <dgruber@mpe.mpg.de>
David Gruber (MPE) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team: 

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 321944155 (110316205) 
at 04:55:53.25 UT on 16 March 2011, tentatively classified as a GRB, 
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to a particle event 
exiting the South Atlantic Anomaly."
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