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Bestiary t0(2,94)

From Rose (2016)

Bestiary t0(2,94) is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 156.29 time units, published by Rose (2016). Orbits from Rose’s survey of the symmetry-reduced problem, which reaches parts of phase space the other searches do not. It is unstable (largest Floquet multiplier 48.75), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.000000534 of each other at a top speed of 1368, line up 102 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 1.6×10⁻¹⁸.

Measured over one period

Period: 156.2933900
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -1.00000
Angular momentum: 0
Closest approach: 5.3×10⁻⁷
Top speed: 1368
Path length: 316.36
Alignments per period: 102
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 48.75)
Loop closure: 1.6×10⁻¹⁸

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