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GCN Circular 15604

Subject
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 409187680/131219968 is not a GRB
Date
2013-12-20T00:56:49Z (11 years ago)
From
Binbin Zhang at UAH <binbin.zhang@uah.edu>
Bin-Bin Zhang (UAH) report on behalf of
the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:

�The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 409187680 / 131219968
at 23:14:37.68 UT on 19 December 2013, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to a solar flare.�
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