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Free-fall F50

(1, 0.8, 0.6)

From Li & Liao (2019)

Free-fall F50 (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 5.0831 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 1107), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.0000149 of each other at a top speed of 248, line up 32 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 8.4×10⁻²³.

Measured over one period

Period: 5.083118509
Masses: 1 : 0.8 : 0.6
Energy: -2.76409
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 1.5×10⁻⁵
Top speed: 247.9
Path length: 16.835
Alignments per period: 32
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 1107)
Loop closure: 8.4×10⁻²³

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