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Choreography SC.145

From Simó (2001)

Choreography SC.145 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 12.978 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 46895), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.0058 of each other at a top speed of 13.2, line up 96 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 1.9×10⁻²⁷.

Measured over one period

Period: 12.97828843
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -4.50000
Angular momentum: 0.73105
Closest approach: 0.005799
Top speed: 13.20
Path length: 56.657
Alignments per period: 96
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 4.7×10¹⁶)
Loop closure: 1.9×10⁻²⁷

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