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Free-fall F30

(1, 0.1, 0.01)

From Li & Liao (2019)

Free-fall F30 (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 11.947 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 4103), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.0000957 of each other at a top speed of 138, line up 26 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 9.5×10⁻²⁵.

Measured over one period

Period: 11.94714738
Masses: 1 : 0.1 : 0.01
Energy: -0.115921
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 9.6×10⁻⁵
Top speed: 137.8
Path length: 24.202
Alignments per period: 26
Topology: 0 (free-group class)
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 4103)
Loop closure: 9.5×10⁻²⁵

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