[Iaude] MPEC F76: COMET P/2016 J1 = P/2010 M9 (PANSTARRS)

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                    COMET P/2016 J1 = P/2010 M9 (PANSTARRS)                     

     S. Deen reports pre-discovery detections of comet P/2016 J1 (PANSTARRS)
in images taken in 2010 from WISE (C51) and 2011 from Pan-STARRS 1 (F51).

Observations:
    PK10M090* S2010 06 21.85008312 21 10.32 +00 16 18.7                WEF076C51
    PK10M090  s2010 06 21.8500831 - 6887.2737 +  412.6495 +  389.1243   EF076C51
    PK10M090  S2010 06 21.98238712 21 17.85 +00 16 04.0                WEF076C51
    PK10M090  s2010 06 21.9823871 - 6888.2673 +  396.6628 +  387.2958   EF076C51
    PK10M090  S2010 06 22.11469112 21 24.67 +00 15 50.3                WEF076C51
    PK10M090  s2010 06 22.1146911 - 6889.0837 +  380.4736 +  384.1504   EF076C51
    PK10M090  S2010 06 22.24699512 21 31.96 +00 15 35.2                WEF076C51
    PK10M090  s2010 06 22.2469951 - 6890.0352 +  364.7824 +  382.5628   EF076C51
    PK10M090  S2010 06 22.31308312 21 35.55 +00 15 27.6                WEF076C51
    PK10M090  s2010 06 22.3130831 - 6893.0523 +  351.5964 +  340.5294   EF076C51
    PK10M090  S2010 06 22.31321012 21 35.48 +00 15 29.1                WEF076C51
    PK10M090  s2010 06 22.3132101 - 6887.8338 +  362.2451 +  423.0326   EF076C51
    PK10M090  S2010 06 22.37929912 21 39.20 +00 15 21.7                WEF076C51
    PK10M090  s2010 06 22.3792991 - 6891.1567 +  349.0614 +  381.5772   EF076C51
    PK10M090  S2010 06 22.51160212 21 46.47 +00 15 07.2                WEF076C51
    PK10M090  s2010 06 22.5116021 - 6892.2265 +  333.1197 +  378.3280   EF076C51
    PK10M090  S2010 06 22.57769012 21 49.85 +00 14 58.3                WEF076C51
    PK10M090  s2010 06 22.5776901 - 6895.0764 +  319.7426 +  335.1419   EF076C51
    PK10M090  S2010 06 22.64390612 21 53.56 +00 14 50.5                WEF076C51
    PK10M090  s2010 06 22.6439061 - 6893.0340 +  317.0798 +  375.3167   EF076C51
    PK10M090  S2010 06 22.70999412 21 57.21 +00 14 42.4                WEF076C51
    PK10M090  s2010 06 22.7099941 - 6895.8854 +  303.6921 +  332.9217   EF076C51
    PK10M090  S2010 06 22.84229812 22 04.65 +00 14 26.5                WEF076C51
    PK10M090  s2010 06 22.8422981 - 6896.7037 +  287.8033 +  331.9913   EF076C51
    PK10M090  S2010 06 23.10690612 22 18.97 +00 13 55.7                WEF076C51
    PK10M090  s2010 06 23.1069061 - 6897.9034 +  255.6157 +  327.1077   EF076C51
    PK10M090  S2010 06 23.23920912 22 26.20 +00 13 41.5                WEF076C51
    PK10M090  s2010 06 23.2392091 - 6898.5772 +  239.8074 +  324.8186   EF076C51
    PK10M090 ZC2011 08 18.37134 21 11 04.19 +03 30 24.1                WEF076F51
    PK10M090 ZC2011 08 18.38363 21 11 03.68 +03 30 18.9                WEF076F51
    PK10M090 ZC2011 08 18.39720 21 11 03.09 +03 30 12.7                WEF076F51
    PK10M090 ZC2011 08 19.35574 21 10 24.00 +03 23 14.2                WEF076F51
    PK10M090 ZC2011 08 19.36792 21 10 23.48 +03 23 08.7                WEF076F51
    PK10M090 ZC2011 08 19.37952 21 10 22.97 +03 23 03.6                WEF076F51

Observer details:
C51 WISE.  Observer .  Measurers S. Deen.
F51 Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala.  Observers J. Bulger, T. Lowe, A. Schultz, I.
    Smith.  Measurers S. Deen, J. Bulger, T. Lowe, A. Schultz, I. Smith.
    1.8-m Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    P/2016 J1                                                                   
Epoch 2024 Mar. 31.0 TT = JDT 2460400.5                                         
T 2022 Feb. 22.89667 TT                                 Rudenko                 
q   2.4619811            (2000.0)            P               Q                  
n   0.17357171     Peri.   47.86725     -0.38780999     +0.91792948             
a   3.1828543      Node   199.79807     -0.90170168     -0.39664680             
e   0.2264864      Incl.   14.31029     -0.19114783     +0.00876215             
P   5.68                                                                        
>From 91 observations 2010 June 21-2016 Aug. 4, mean residual 0".6.              
                                                                                
Ephemeris:
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2024 02 21    01 16 47.3 +05 24 11   4.2800  3.6968    48.3    11.5  25.3
...
2024 03 07    01 32 15.5 +06 37 46   4.4564  3.7161    37.3     9.3  25.4
...
2024 03 15    01 40 54.5 +07 18 09   4.5365  3.7261    31.6     8.0  25.5
...
2024 03 21    01 47 32.5 +07 48 33   4.5896  3.7333    27.4     7.0  25.5
2024 03 22    01 48 39.5 +07 53 36   4.5978  3.7345    26.7     6.9  25.5
2024 03 23    01 49 46.6 +07 58 40   4.6059  3.7357    26.0     6.7  25.5
...
2024 03 29    01 56 32.7 +08 28 50   4.6509  3.7428    21.9     5.7  25.6
...
2024 04 06    02 05 42.1 +09 08 28   4.7012  3.7520    16.4     4.3  25.6
...
2024 04 21    02 23 09.5 +10 19 41   4.7643  3.7686     6.9     1.8  25.7

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