Boat tie long snake

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Boat tie long snake
x = 8, y = 6, rule = B3/S23 6b2o$3bobobo$3b2o$b2o$obo$bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]]
Pattern type Strict still life
Number of cells 12
Bounding box 8 × 6
Frequency class 29.1
Static symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Robert Wainwright
Everett Boyer
Year of discovery 1973

Boat tie long snake is a 12-cell still life. As its name implies, it involves a boat having been tied to a long snake.

Construction

This still life can be constructed with 5 gliders.[1] Several known alternate syntheses can be found in Mark Niemiec's database.[2]

x = 19, y = 15, rule = B3/S23 o15bobo$b2o13b2o$2o15bo4$10bo$11b2o$10b2o$16b3o$16bo$17bo$10b3o$12bo$11bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME Book ZOOM 10 X 0 Y 0 AUTOSTART GPS 12 T 0 PAUSE 3 T 15 PAUSE 1 T 47 PAUSE 2 LOOP 48 ]]
A 5G synthesis[1]
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Occurrence

Among still lifes with 12 cells, this is the 55th most common still life according to Catagolue.

There are no occurrences of this still life in final patterns of collisions in octohash, octo3obj or octo3g databases.

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