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Free-fall F45

(1, 0.1, 0.01)

From Li & Liao (2019)

Free-fall F45 (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 24.405 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 13083), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.0000399 of each other at a top speed of 213, line up 50 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 1.0×10⁻²⁴.

Measured over one period

Period: 24.40500518
Masses: 1 : 0.1 : 0.01
Energy: -0.114096
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 4.0×10⁻⁵
Top speed: 213.4
Path length: 51.371
Alignments per period: 50
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 13083)
Loop closure: 1.0×10⁻²⁴

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