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GCN Circular 21887

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 527149931/170915272 is not a GRB
Date
2017-09-15T14:04:39Z (7 years ago)
From
Andreas von Kienlin at MPE <azk@mpe.mpg.de>
A. von Kienlin (MPE) reports on behalf of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:

���The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 527149931/170915272
at 06:32:06.08 UT on 15 September 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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