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GCN Circular 19886

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 494508549 / 160902479 is not a GRB
Date
2016-09-02T17:07:10Z (9 years ago)
From
Peter Veres at UAH <veresp@gmail.com>
P Veres (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 494508549/160902479
at 11:29:05.39 UT on  2 September 2016, tentatively classified as a GRB,
was in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to local particle
activity."
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