TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 8823 SUBJECT: GRB 090117: confirmation of the X-ray afterglow DATE: 09/01/18 07:55:36 GMT FROM: Kim Page at U.of Leicester K.L. Page & A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team: Following the collection of further XRT data, we see that the source found by Beardmore & Evans (GCN Circ. 8818) is fading, so confirm it as the X-ray afterglow of GRB 090117 (Donnarumma et al., GCN Circ. 8817; Connaughton, GCN Circ. 8821). This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.