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Free-fall F39

(1, 0.1, 0.01)

From Li & Liao (2019)

Free-fall F39 (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 19.469 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 5659), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.00000792 of each other at a top speed of 479, line up 34 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 1.2×10⁻²³.

Measured over one period

Period: 19.46851726
Masses: 1 : 0.1 : 0.01
Energy: -0.114227
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 7.9×10⁻⁶
Top speed: 479.2
Path length: 37.393
Alignments per period: 34
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 5659)
Loop closure: 1.2×10⁻²³

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