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Choreography NC.8

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

Choreography NC.8 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 95.449 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 56545407), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.126 of each other at a top speed of 3.21, line up 48 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 2.0×10⁻²³.

Measured over one period

Period: 95.44899078
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -0.789234
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 0.1255
Top speed: 3.214
Path length: 160.68
Alignments per period: 48
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 5.7×10⁸, published)
Loop closure: 2.0×10⁻²³

Neighbours on the map

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