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GCN Circular 19500

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 486907024/160606498 is not a GRB
Date
2016-06-06T14:52:49Z (8 years ago)
From
Andreas von Kienlin at MPE <azk@mpe.mpg.de>
A. von Kienlin (MPE) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 486907024/160606498
at 11:57:00.10 UT on 6 June 2016, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to an local particle event."
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