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I.A.6

m₃ = 0.5

From Li, Jing & Liao (2018)

I.A.6 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 15.968 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 unstable (largest Floquet multiplier 15.01), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.000802 of each other at a top speed of 40.8, line up 26 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 8.7×10⁻²⁵.

Measured over one period

Period: 15.96822461
Masses: 1 : 1 : 0.5
Energy: -1.25168
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 8.0×10⁻⁴
Top speed: 40.84
Path length: 44.855
Alignments per period: 26
Topology: aaabABabAAABabAB (free-group class)
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 15.01)
Loop closure: 8.7×10⁻²⁵

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