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Choreography SC.193

From Simó (2001)

Choreography SC.193 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 14.159 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 18209), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.00459 of each other at a top speed of 14.8, line up 108 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 9.7×10⁻²⁷.

Measured over one period

Period: 14.15869083
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -4.50000
Angular momentum: 0.71024
Closest approach: 0.004591
Top speed: 14.83
Path length: 61.235
Alignments per period: 108
Topology: unresolved (close passages hide the crossings in the drawing)
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 1.8×10¹⁷)
Loop closure: 9.7×10⁻²⁷

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