An atlas of periodic solutions to the three-body problem

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An atlas of periodic solutions to the three-body problem. The three-body problem has no general solution, but it has thousands of periodic orbits: three masses falling around each other and arriving, after one period, at precisely their starting positions and velocities. Orbits that look alike sit next to each other; the families form islands, and each family has its own page.

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