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GCN Circular 19432

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 485205628 /160517806 is not a GRB
Date
2016-05-17T20:01:31Z (8 years ago)
From
Bagrat Mailyan at UAH <bm0054@uah.edu>
B. Mailyan (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 485205628/160517806
at 19:20:24.46 UT on 17 May 2016, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to particle activity."
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