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Free-fall F39

(1, 0.8, 0.6)

From Li & Liao (2019)

Free-fall F39 (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 4.0623 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 5257), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.00000191 of each other at a top speed of 809, line up 32 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 8.0×10⁻²¹.

Measured over one period

Period: 4.062257499
Masses: 1 : 0.8 : 0.6
Energy: -2.90697
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 1.9×10⁻⁶
Top speed: 809.1
Path length: 13.496
Alignments per period: 32
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 5257)
Loop closure: 8.0×10⁻²¹

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