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I.A.108

From Li, Jing & Liao (2018)

I.A.108 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 118.51 time units, published by Li, Jing & Liao (2018). Class I.A orbits found with Liao’s clean numerical simulation method, for a third body of varying mass. It is linearly stable (largest Floquet multiplier 1.000), so a small nudge only makes it wobble. The bodies pass within 0.000035 of each other at a top speed of 169, line up 230 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 3.5×10⁻²².

Measured over one period

Period: 118.5101674
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -1.97447
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 3.5×10⁻⁵
Top speed: 169.1
Path length: 305.17
Alignments per period: 230
Topology: ababABAbabaBABAbabaBABAbabaBABAbabaBABababABABababABABababABABababABABabaBABAbabaBABAbabaBABAbabaBABAbabABABababABABababABABababABAB (free-group class)
Stability: stable (|λ|max 1.000)
Loop closure: 3.5×10⁻²²

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