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Free-fall F41

(1, 0.1, 0.01)

From Li & Liao (2019)

Free-fall F41 (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 13.672 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 13437), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.00000375 of each other at a top speed of 727, line up 42 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 7.9×10⁻²².

Measured over one period

Period: 13.67196344
Masses: 1 : 0.1 : 0.01
Energy: -0.112691
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 3.7×10⁻⁶
Top speed: 727.1
Path length: 30.212
Alignments per period: 42
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 1.3×10⁵)
Loop closure: 7.9×10⁻²²

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