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Moth region HS.856

From Hristov, Hristova & Tanikawa (2026)

Moth region HS.856 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 512.07 time units, published by Hristov, Hristova & Tanikawa (2026). Stable orbits from the moth-like part of the search domain, between the figure-eight and the Schubart regions. It is linearly stable (largest Floquet multiplier 1.000), so a small nudge only makes it wobble. The bodies pass within 0.00851 of each other at a top speed of 10.9, line up 492 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 1.2×10⁻²⁵.

Measured over one period

Period: 512.0713321
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -1.29293
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 0.008515
Top speed: 10.86
Path length: 1280.2
Alignments per period: 492
Stability: stable (|λ|max 1.000, published)
Loop closure: 1.2×10⁻²⁵

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