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Schubart region HS.339

From Hristov, Hristova & Tanikawa (2026)

Schubart region HS.339 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 188.14 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 0.00000668 of each other at a top speed of 387, line up 342 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 2.9×10⁻²².

Measured over one period

Period: 188.1437668
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -1.92054
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 6.7×10⁻⁶
Top speed: 386.9
Path length: 520.50
Alignments per period: 342
Topology: 0 (free-group class)
Stability: stable (|λ|max 1.000, published)
Loop closure: 2.9×10⁻²²

Neighbours on the map

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