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Schubart region HS.884

From Hristov, Hristova & Tanikawa (2026)

Schubart region HS.884 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 249.99 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 0.0000000002 of each other at a top speed of 7751, line up 540 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 9.7×10⁻¹⁴.

Measured over one period

Period: 249.9892772
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -2.11217
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 0
Top speed: 77510
Path length: 641.72
Alignments per period: 540
Stability: stable (|λ|max 1.000, published)
Loop closure: 9.7×10⁻¹⁴

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