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Free-fall F27

(1, 0.8, 0.8)

From Li & Liao (2019)

Free-fall F27 (1, 0.8, 0.8) is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three masses in the ratio 1 : 0.8 : 0.8 that return to their starting positions and velocities every 11.072 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 1913), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.0000746 of each other at a top speed of 104, line up 86 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 8.7×10⁻²³.

Measured over one period

Period: 11.07200423
Masses: 1 : 0.8 : 0.8
Energy: -3.82861
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 7.5×10⁻⁵
Top speed: 103.6
Path length: 42.934
Alignments per period: 86
Topology: 0 (free-group class)
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 19130)
Loop closure: 8.7×10⁻²³

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