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Free-fall F27

(1, 0.8, 0.6)

From Li & Liao (2019)

Free-fall F27 (1, 0.8, 0.6) is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three masses in the ratio 1 : 0.8 : 0.6 that return to their starting positions and velocities every 3.3736 time units, published by Li & Liao (2019). Three bodies released from rest fall together, swing past each other and return to rest exactly where they started. It is unstable (largest Floquet multiplier 17734), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.00000528 of each other at a top speed of 416, line up 28 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 1.4×10⁻²⁰.

Measured over one period

Period: 3.373614627
Masses: 1 : 0.8 : 0.6
Energy: -2.93746
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 5.3×10⁻⁶
Top speed: 416.0
Path length: 11.390
Alignments per period: 28
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 17734)
Loop closure: 1.4×10⁻²⁰

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