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Choreography NC.118

From Hristov, Hristova, Puzynin, Puzynina, Sharipov & Tukhliev (2024)

Choreography NC.118 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 221.96 time units, published by Hristov, Hristova, Puzynin, Puzynina, Sharipov & Tukhliev (2024). Choreographies whose knot is not a power of the figure-eight’s: three bodies on one closed curve with a topology of its own. Computed to 180 digits; all unstable. It is unstable (largest Floquet multiplier 173586471), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.00774 of each other at a top speed of 11.4, line up 198 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 1.5×10⁻²².

Measured over one period

Period: 221.9642053
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -1.23049
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 0.007736
Top speed: 11.45
Path length: 515.22
Alignments per period: 198
Topology: 0 (free-group class)
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 1.7×10⁸, published)
Loop closure: 1.5×10⁻²²

Neighbours on the map

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