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Free-fall F29

(0.6, 0.8, 1)

From Li & Liao (2019)

Free-fall F29 (0.6, 0.8, 1) is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three masses in the ratio 0.6 : 0.8 : 1 that return to their starting positions and velocities every 8.1332 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 713.8), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.000391 of each other at a top speed of 53.5, line up 58 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 1.5×10⁻²⁴.

Measured over one period

Period: 8.133182336
Masses: 0.6 : 0.8 : 1
Energy: -3.26743
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 3.9×10⁻⁴
Top speed: 53.48
Path length: 29.661
Alignments per period: 58
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 713.8)
Loop closure: 1.5×10⁻²⁴

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