Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
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Result of query: info cati GRB$

Details on Acronym:   GB
  
GB     (Gamma Burst)
  ====>Equivalent to: GRB
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   GRB
  
GRB    (Gamma Ray Burst)
  ***** Avoid the usage of GRB,  prefer 1B
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   GRB
  
GRB    (Gamma Ray Burst)
  ***** Avoid the usage of GRB,  prefer 2B
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   GRB
  
GRB    (Gamma Ray Burst)
  ***** Avoid the usage of GRB,  prefer 3B
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   GRB
  
GRB    (Gamma Ray Burst)
  ***** Avoid the usage of GRB,  prefer 4B
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   Grb
  
Grb    (Groombridge)
  ***** Avoid the usage of Grb,  prefer Gmb

Details on Acronym:   GRB
  
GRB    (Gamma-Ray Burst)= GB = (GRBS) = (SHB) 
 Write:<<GRB  YYMMDDA>>

<<GRB  YYMMDDa>>	(not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature)
Object:(Gamma)  (SIMBAD class: gammaBurst = Gamma-ray Burst)
  Note:Systematic designation. 
    The authors use 2 formats:    'YYMMDDA' or 'YYYY MMM DDA' for Year, Month and Day.    A letter is added when several events have occured on    the same day, the letter 'A' to the brightest burst.    Only the first two references are given here: 
    1982ApJ...259L..51K: N=95 
    1987ApJS...64..305A: N=84
   Ref:=1982ApJ...259L..51K
     byKLEBESADEL R.
, EVANS W.D., LAROS J.G., STRONG I.B., CLINE T.L., DESAI U., TEEGARDEN B.J., BARAT C., HURLEY K., NIEL M., VEDRENNE G., ESTULIN I.V., KUZNETSOV A.V., ZENCHENKO V.M.
 Astrophys. J., 259, 51-56 (1982)

    A catalog of γ-ray bursts with Earth crossing times.

o<GRB YYMMDDA> N=111, <GBS HHMM+DD> N=16
   Ref:=1987ApJS...64..305A
     byATTEIA J.L.
, BARAT C., HURLEY K., NIEL M., VEDRENNE G., EVANS W.D., FENIMORE E.E., KLEBESADEL R.W., LAROS J.G., CLINE T., DESAI U., TEEGARDEN B., ESTULIN I.V., ZENCHENKO V.M., KUZNETSOV A.V., KURT V.G.
 Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 64, 305-382 (1987)

    A second catalog of γ-ray bursts : 1978-1980 localizations from the
    interplanetary network.
oTable 1: <[ABH87] NN> (Nos 1-84) = <GRB YYMMDDA> N=84.
 Originof the Acronym: L = Found in the literature

Details on Acronym:   GRBS
  
GRBS   (Gamma Ray Burst Source)
  ***** Avoid the usage of GRBS,  prefer GRB

Details on Acronym:   SHB
  
SHB    (Short Hard Burst)
  ***** Avoid the usage of SHB,  prefer GRB
 Originof the Acronym: L (2006GCN..4879....1B)