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I.A.66

m₃ = 0.5

From Li, Jing & Liao (2018)

I.A.66 m₃ = 0.5 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three masses in the ratio 1 : 1 : 0.5 that return to their starting positions and velocities every 112.04 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 weakly unstable (largest Floquet multiplier 2.178), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.00024 of each other at a top speed of 74.6, line up 150 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 2.9×10⁻²⁴.

Measured over one period

Period: 112.0449970
Masses: 1 : 1 : 0.5
Energy: -1.03193
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 2.4×10⁻⁴
Top speed: 74.56
Path length: 271.98
Alignments per period: 150
Topology: aaBAbaBAbabABabAAbaBAbaBAbabABabAAbaBAbaBAbabABabAAbaBAbaBABabABaaBAbaBAbaBABabABaaBAbaBAbaBABabAB (free-group class)
Stability: weakly unstable (|λ|max 2.178)
Loop closure: 2.9×10⁻²⁴

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