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Stable circular power-law orbits require $nB>0$ and $n>-2$, excluding $n=0$. Bertrand's theorem selects $n=-1,2$ when every bound orbit must close. For $n=2+ϵ$, the near-circular ellipse orientation precesses at $-ϵ\Omega /8$ to first order.

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