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Free-fall F6

(1, 0.8, 0.6)

From Li & Liao (2019)

Free-fall F6 (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 2.6082 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 18034), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.00000301 of each other at a top speed of 551, line up 18 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 5.8×10⁻²¹.

Measured over one period

Period: 2.608169628
Masses: 1 : 0.8 : 0.6
Energy: -2.76295
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 3.0×10⁻⁶
Top speed: 551.1
Path length: 8.5947
Alignments per period: 18
Topology: 0 (free-group class)
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 18034)
Loop closure: 5.8×10⁻²¹

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