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Free-fall F29

(1, 0.1, 0.01)

From Li & Liao (2019)

Free-fall F29 (1, 0.1, 0.01) is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three masses in the ratio 1 : 0.1 : 0.01 that return to their starting positions and velocities every 14.895 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 357), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.00000459 of each other at a top speed of 629, line up 26 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 1.8×10⁻²².

Measured over one period

Period: 14.89512281
Masses: 1 : 0.1 : 0.01
Energy: -0.116801
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 4.6×10⁻⁶
Top speed: 629.1
Path length: 27.260
Alignments per period: 26
Topology: 0 (free-group class)
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 3570)
Loop closure: 1.8×10⁻²²

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