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Choreography SC.47

From Simó (2001)

Choreography SC.47 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 7.9971 time units, published by Simó (2001). Carles Simó’s catalogue of three-body choreographies with nonzero angular momentum, the curves that made choreographies famous. All unstable except the figure-eight. It is unstable (largest Floquet multiplier 12571), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.0853 of each other at a top speed of 4.15, line up 36 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 2.7×10⁻²⁸.

Measured over one period

Period: 7.997050101
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -4.50000
Angular momentum: 0.92212
Closest approach: 0.08530
Top speed: 4.151
Path length: 38.178
Alignments per period: 36
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 1.3×10¹³)
Loop closure: 2.7×10⁻²⁸

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