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Schubart region HS.259

From Hristov, Hristova & Tanikawa (2026)

Schubart region HS.259 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 186.65 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 0.0000803 of each other at a top speed of 112, line up 298 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 2.7×10⁻²³.

Measured over one period

Period: 186.6532769
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -1.76131
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 8.0×10⁻⁵
Top speed: 111.6
Path length: 494.95
Alignments per period: 298
Stability: stable (|λ|max 1.000, published)
Loop closure: 2.7×10⁻²³

Neighbours on the map

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