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Free-fall F62

(1, 0.8, 0.6)

From Li & Liao (2019)

Free-fall F62 (1, 0.8, 0.6) is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three masses in the ratio 1 : 0.8 : 0.6 that return to their starting positions and velocities every 6.2067 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 1246), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.000433 of each other at a top speed of 53.7, line up 42 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 5.5×10⁻²⁵.

Measured over one period

Period: 6.206661053
Masses: 1 : 0.8 : 0.6
Energy: -2.93247
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 4.3×10⁻⁴
Top speed: 53.73
Path length: 20.852
Alignments per period: 42
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 1246)
Loop closure: 5.5×10⁻²⁵

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