Families / Li–Liao classes
II.B orbits
Class II.B orbits, mostly long-period.
II.B orbits are periodic solutions of the planar three-body problem. The atlas holds 35 of them, with periods from 11.97 to 191.9, for several mass ratios; 2 of them are linearly stable. They come from Li, Jing & Liao (2018), Over a thousand new periodic orbits of a planar three-body system with unequal masses. Every orbit is precomputed to machine precision and plays one period at a time; open one to watch it, nudge it or rate it.
Li, Jing & Liao (2018). Over a thousand new periodic orbits of a planar three-body system with unequal masses. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 70, 64 (doi)
All 35 orbits
II.B.1 m₃ = 0.5
II.B.1 m₃ = 0.75
II.B.1
II.B.1 m₃ = 2
II.B.1 m₃ = 4
II.B.1 m₃ = 5
II.B.1 m₃ = 8
II.B.1 m₃ = 10
II.B.2 m₃ = 0.5
II.B.2 m₃ = 0.75
II.B.2
II.B.2 m₃ = 2
II.B.2 m₃ = 4
II.B.3 m₃ = 0.5
II.B.3 m₃ = 0.75
II.B.3
II.B.3 m₃ = 2
II.B.3 m₃ = 4
II.B.4 m₃ = 0.5
II.B.4 m₃ = 0.75
II.B.4
II.B.4 m₃ = 2
II.B.5 m₃ = 0.75
II.B.5
II.B.5 m₃ = 2
II.B.6 m₃ = 0.75
II.B.6
II.B.6 m₃ = 2
II.B.7 m₃ = 0.75
II.B.7
II.B.7 m₃ = 2
II.B.8 m₃ = 0.75
II.B.8
II.B.9
II.B.10