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Choreography NC.150

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

Choreography NC.150 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 267.88 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 35866559178), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.00124 of each other at a top speed of 28.4, line up 258 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 3.0×10⁻¹⁹.

Measured over one period

Period: 267.8834449
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -1.29864
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 0.001241
Top speed: 28.39
Path length: 688.41
Alignments per period: 258
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 3.6×10¹⁰, published)
Loop closure: 3.0×10⁻¹⁹

Neighbours on the map

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