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Choreography NC.163

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

Choreography NC.163 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 266.89 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 102484921416), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.0000108 of each other at a top speed of 305, line up 330 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 1.3×10⁻¹⁵.

Measured over one period

Period: 266.8933460
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -1.53296
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 1.1×10⁻⁵
Top speed: 304.8
Path length: 720.36
Alignments per period: 330
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 1.0×10¹¹, published)
Loop closure: 1.3×10⁻¹⁵

Neighbours on the map

All Nontrivial choreographies, the families of periodic three-body orbits, or the atlas map.