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GCN Circular 17393

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 150202624 is not a GRB
Date
2015-02-04T00:19:25Z (10 years ago)
From
Hoi-Fung Yu at MPE <sptfung@mpe.mpg.de>
H.-F. Yu (MPE) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 444581874 / 150202624
at 14:57:51.77 UT on 02 Feb 2015, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to local particles."
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