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Free-fall F43

(1, 0.1, 0.01)

From Li & Liao (2019)

Free-fall F43 (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 22.996 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 1103), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.00000213 of each other at a top speed of 924, line up 38 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 2.8×10⁻²².

Measured over one period

Period: 22.99621953
Masses: 1 : 0.1 : 0.01
Energy: -0.114361
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 2.1×10⁻⁶
Top speed: 923.8
Path length: 42.562
Alignments per period: 38
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 11030)
Loop closure: 2.8×10⁻²²

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