Researchers have created an atlas cataloging 3,915 periodic solutions to the three-body problem, where three masses orbit each other and return to their starting positions and velocities after one period. The atlas organizes similar orbits into families and provides interactive visualizations where users can simulate individual orbits, perturb them, and compare them.
An interactive atlas catalogues 3,915 periodic solutions to the three-body problem, where three masses orbit each other and return to their starting positions after one period. The atlas organizes similar orbits into families, with each orbit viewable, manipulatable, and rankable on individual pages.