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Schubart region HS.780

From Hristov, Hristova & Tanikawa (2026)

Schubart region HS.780 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 357.79 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 0.000319 of each other at a top speed of 56, line up 484 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 1.6×10⁻²⁴.

Measured over one period

Period: 357.7929873
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -1.59648
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 3.2×10⁻⁴
Top speed: 56.01
Path length: 940.57
Alignments per period: 484
Stability: stable (|λ|max 1.000, published)
Loop closure: 1.6×10⁻²⁴

Neighbours on the map

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