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GCN Circular 23178

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 557008382/180826856 is not a GRB
Date
2018-08-26T21:38:15Z (7 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 557008382/180826856
at 20:32:57.78 UT
on 26 August 2018, tentatively classified as a GRB, is in fact not due
to a GRB.
This trigger is due to local particles."
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