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GCN Circular 20334

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 504233075/161224301 is not a GRB
Date
2016-12-24T02:30:32Z (8 years ago)
From
Rachel Hamburg at UAH <rkh0007@uah.edu>
R. Hamburg (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger
504233075/161224301 at 00:44:31.45 on 24 December 2016,
tentatively classified as a GRB, is in fact not due to a GRB.
This trigger is due to local particles."
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