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Three-Body Problem

Three masses interacting via Newtonian 1/r² gravity. Symplectic leapfrog (velocity-Verlet) preserves energy beautifully. The figure-8 choreography is a famous periodic solution discovered by Moore (1993) / Chenciner-Montgomery (2000).

t0.0
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ΔE/E₀

Click-drag in the canvas to fling a body.