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GCN Circular 33052

Subject
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor triggers 692721536/221214610 and 692713692/221214520 are not GRBs
Date
2022-12-14T21:53:51Z (2 years ago)
From
Joshua Wood at MSFC/Fermi-GBM <joshua.r.wood@nasa.gov>
J. Wood (NASA/MSFC) and J. Mangan (UCD) report on behalf of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggers 692721536/221214610 at 14:38:51 UT
and 692713692/221214520 at 12:28:07.34 UT on 14 December 2022, tentatively classified as GRBs, 
are in fact not due to GRBs. These triggers are likely due to M-Class solar flares."
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