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Schubart region HS.118

From Hristov, Hristova & Tanikawa (2026)

Schubart region HS.118 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 131.32 time units, published by Hristov, Hristova & Tanikawa (2026). Stable orbits that pass extremely close to a binary collision, descended from Schubart’s rectilinear orbit. They needed 100-digit arithmetic to find. It is linearly stable (largest Floquet multiplier 1.000), so a small nudge only makes it wobble. The bodies pass within 0.000162 of each other at a top speed of 78.7, line up 210 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 4.1×10⁻²⁴.

Measured over one period

Period: 131.3244973
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -1.76300
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 1.6×10⁻⁴
Top speed: 78.68
Path length: 348.26
Alignments per period: 210
Topology: ababABAbabABAbabaBABabaBABababABAbabABAbabaBABabaBABababABAbabABABabaBABabaBABAbabABAbabABABabaBABabaBABAbabABAbabABABabaBAB (free-group class)
Stability: stable (|λ|max 1.000, published)
Loop closure: 4.1×10⁻²⁴

Neighbours on the map

All Schubart region, the families of periodic three-body orbits, or the atlas map.