Comet Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa (1983V)--a small, puzzling comet.
Spectroscopic and infrared observations of Comet Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa (1983V) were obtained during its close approach to the Earth on 11-14 June 1983.  The [O I] production rates of 1.8 +/- 0.9 x 10(26) atoms/s observed on 12.3 June and 7 +/- 3.5 x 10(26) atoms/s on 13.4 June lead to derived water-production rates of 3 x 10(27) mol/s on 12 June and 1.1 x 10(28) mol/s on 13 June.  The abundances of the minor species NH2, CN, C2, and C3 are unusually low relative to [O I].  The upper limit to the average nuclear radius from our infrared and visual photometry on 12-13 June (assuming that the entire signal came from the nucleus) is approximately 370 m.  The dust/gas mass ratio was <0.01 on June 12 and <0.005 on June 13.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109, USA.
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D019443:Cosmic Dust; D017672:Nitrogen Compounds; D014867:Water; D002244:Carbon; D010100:Oxygen