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Schubart region HS.488

From Hristov, Hristova & Tanikawa (2026)

Schubart region HS.488 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 278.88 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 0.0000105 of each other at a top speed of 308, line up 406 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 2.3×10⁻²¹.

Measured over one period

Period: 278.8762622
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -1.64256
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 1.1×10⁻⁵
Top speed: 308.1
Path length: 685.81
Alignments per period: 406
Topology: ababABAbabaBABababABAbabaBABababABABabaBABAbabABABabaBABAbabaBABababABABabaBABababABABabaBABAbabaBABababABAbabaBABababABABabaBABAbabABABabaBABAbabABABababABAbabaBABababABAbabaBABAbabABABababABAbabABABababABAbabaBABAbabABABabaBABAbabABAB (free-group class)
Stability: stable (|λ|max 1.000, published)
Loop closure: 2.3×10⁻²¹

Neighbours on the map

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