[AAVSO-HEN] Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 251687595 reclassification

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Tue Dec 23 11:20:06 EST 2008


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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  8714
SUBJECT: Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 251687595 reclassification
DATE:    08/12/23 16:19:39 GMT
FROM:    Vandiver Chaplin at UAH/Fermi-GBM  <chapliv at email.uah.edu>

V.Chaplin (UAH)
report on behalf of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:


The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 251687595 (081223051) at
01:13:22 UT on 23 Dec 2008, tentatively classified as a GRB, is in
fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to a Terrestrial Gamma-ray  
Flash
(TGF).



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