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Choreography NC.14

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

Choreography NC.14 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 185.52 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 903054526), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.166 of each other at a top speed of 2.64, line up 66 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 9.6×10⁻²³.

Measured over one period

Period: 185.5193834
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -0.601421
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 0.1656
Top speed: 2.639
Path length: 284.74
Alignments per period: 66
Topology: aaaabABaBaBaBabABBBBabAAAABabAbAbAbABabbbbAB (free-group class)
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 9.0×10⁸, published)
Loop closure: 9.6×10⁻²³

Neighbours on the map

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