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Schubart region HS.530

From Hristov, Hristova & Tanikawa (2026)

Schubart region HS.530 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 290.13 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 0.000116 of each other at a top speed of 92.7, line up 410 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 1.7×10⁻²³.

Measured over one period

Period: 290.1332370
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -1.63546
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 1.2×10⁻⁴
Top speed: 92.65
Path length: 760.51
Alignments per period: 410
Topology: ababABAbabABAbabABAbabABAbabABAbabABAbabABabaBABabaBABabaBABabaBABabaBABabaBABabaBABAbabABAbabABAbabABAbabABAbabABAbabABAbabABabaBABabaBABabaBABabaBABabaBABabaBABababABAbabABAbabABAbabABAbabABAbabABAbabABAbaBABabaBABabaBABabaBABabaBABabaBABabaBAB (free-group class)
Stability: stable (|λ|max 1.000, published)
Loop closure: 1.7×10⁻²³

Neighbours on the map

All Schubart region, the families of periodic three-body orbits, or the atlas map.