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Choreography SC.293

From Simó (2001)

Choreography SC.293 is a periodic orbit of the planar three-body problem: three equal masses that return to their starting positions and velocities every 16.34 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 5.004e+23), so a small nudge makes it unravel over a few periods. The bodies pass within 0.0353 of each other at a top speed of 5.71, line up 102 times a period, and the computed loop closes to 3.0×10⁻²⁵.

Measured over one period

Period: 16.34011878
Masses: 1 : 1 : 1
Energy: -4.50000
Angular momentum: 1.0419
Closest approach: 0.03530
Top speed: 5.712
Path length: 74.903
Alignments per period: 102
Topology: unresolved (close passages hide the crossings in the drawing)
Stability: unstable (|λ|max 5.0×10²³)
Loop closure: 3.0×10⁻²⁵

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