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Bestiary t0(4,2)

From Rose (2016)

Bestiary t0(4,2) is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 174.84 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 linearly stable (largest Floquet multiplier 1.000), so a small nudge only makes it wobble. The bodies pass within 0.00489 of each other at a top speed of 14.3, line up 114 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 9.6×10⁻²⁶.

Measured over one period

Period: 174.8367089
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -1.00000
Angular momentum: 4.8×10⁻⁵
Closest approach: 0.004890
Top speed: 14.30
Path length: 382.72
Alignments per period: 114
Topology: unresolved (close passages hide the crossings in the drawing)
Stability: stable (|λ|max 1.000)
Loop closure: 9.6×10⁻²⁶

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