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Schubart region HS.694

From Hristov, Hristova & Tanikawa (2026)

Schubart region HS.694 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 301.5 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 0.0000467 of each other at a top speed of 146, line up 468 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 1.7×10⁻²².

Measured over one period

Period: 301.4981476
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -1.73337
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 4.7×10⁻⁵
Top speed: 146.3
Path length: 801.45
Alignments per period: 468
Stability: stable (|λ|max 1.000, published)
Loop closure: 1.7×10⁻²²

Neighbours on the map

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