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Choreography SC.282

From Simó (2001)

Choreography SC.282 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 16.263 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 1.1892e+23), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.0326 of each other at a top speed of 5.96, line up 90 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 3.9×10⁻²³.

Measured over one period

Period: 16.26251838
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -4.50000
Angular momentum: 1.0513
Closest approach: 0.03260
Top speed: 5.961
Path length: 73.823
Alignments per period: 90
Topology: unresolved (close passages hide the crossings in the drawing)
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 1.2×10²³)
Loop closure: 3.9×10⁻²³

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