[AAVSO-HEN] Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 250533995 is not a GRB

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Fri Dec 12 16:16:19 EST 2008


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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  8663
SUBJECT: Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 250533995 is not a GRB
DATE:    08/12/12 21:15:58 GMT
FROM:    Colleen A. Wilson at NASA/MSFC/NSSTC  <colleen.wilson at nasa.gov>

Colleen A. Wilson-Hodge reports on behalf of
the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:

The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 250533995 at 16:46:34.31 UT
on 09 December 2008, tentatively classified by the GBM flight software as a
GRB, is in fact not due to a GRB or any other astrophysical source. This
trigger is probably due to a coincidental chance fluctuation in two GBM
detectors.



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