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GCN Circular 20608

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 508010837/170205755 is not a GRB
Date
2017-02-05T19:09:26Z (8 years ago)
From
Matthew Stanbro at UAH/Fermi <mcs0001@uah.edu>
M. Stanbro (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger
508010837/170205755 at 18:07:12.64 UT on 05 February 2017,
tentatively classified as a GRB, is in fact not due to a GRB.
This trigger is due to local particles.
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