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Schubart region HS.215

From Hristov, Hristova & Tanikawa (2026)

Schubart region HS.215 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 128.78 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 0.00109 of each other at a top speed of 30.3, line up 280 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 9.1×10⁻²⁵.

Measured over one period

Period: 128.7848733
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -2.12391
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 0.001088
Top speed: 30.31
Path length: 336.10
Alignments per period: 280
Stability: stable (|λ|max 1.000, published)
Loop closure: 9.1×10⁻²⁵

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