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Schubart region HS.177

From Hristov, Hristova & Tanikawa (2026)

Schubart region HS.177 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 114.9 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 0.0000277 of each other at a top speed of 19, line up 256 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 3.5×10⁻²³.

Measured over one period

Period: 114.9046154
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -2.15605
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 2.8×10⁻⁵
Top speed: 189.9
Path length: 303.09
Alignments per period: 256
Stability: stable (|λ|max 1.000, published)
Loop closure: 3.5×10⁻²³

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