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Schubart region HS.833

From Hristov, Hristova & Tanikawa (2026)

Schubart region HS.833 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 236.6 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 0.0000384 of each other at a top speed of 162, line up 518 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 5.4×10⁻²³.

Measured over one period

Period: 236.5961699
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -2.15158
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 3.8×10⁻⁵
Top speed: 161.5
Path length: 657.36
Alignments per period: 518
Topology: ababABAbabaBABababABABababABAbabaBABAbabaBABabaBABAbabaBABababABABababABAbabaBABAbabABAbabaBABAbabaBABababABABababABAbabaBABababABABabaBABAbabaBABababABABabaBABAbabABABababABABabaBABAbabaBABAbabABAbabaBABAbabABABababABABabaBABAbabaBABabaBABAbabaBABAbabABABababABABabaBABAbabABABababABAbabaBABAbabABAB (free-group class)
Stability: stable (|λ|max 1.000, published)
Loop closure: 5.4×10⁻²³

Neighbours on the map

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