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Free-fall F67

(1, 0.8, 0.6)

From Li & Liao (2019)

Free-fall F67 (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 6.2775 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 97797), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.000116 of each other at a top speed of 89.3, line up 46 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 1.9×10⁻²³.

Measured over one period

Period: 6.277518224
Masses: 1 : 0.8 : 0.6
Energy: -3.16548
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 1.2×10⁻⁴
Top speed: 89.29
Path length: 24.528
Alignments per period: 46
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 97797)
Loop closure: 1.9×10⁻²³

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