Dragon
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| Dragon | |||||||
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| Pattern type | Spaceship | ||||||
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| Number of cells | 102 | ||||||
| Bounding box | 29 × 18 | ||||||
| Direction | Orthogonal | ||||||
| Period | 6 (mod: Unknown) | ||||||
| Speed | c/6 | Unknown | ||||||
| Heat | 97.3 | ||||||
| Kinetic symmetry | Unspecified | ||||||
| Discovered by | Paul Tooke | ||||||
| Year of discovery | 2000 | ||||||
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Dragon is an orthogonal spaceship that was discovered by Paul Tooke in April 2000. It was the first c/6 spaceship to be found. For over eight years all other known c/6 spaceships were flotillas involving toads[1] and at least two dragons until Tooke found 114P6H1V0 in October 2008.[2]
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See also
References
- ↑ Jason Summers' jslife pattern collection. Retrieved on May 26, 2009.
- ↑ "New c/6 Extensible Spaceship". Dave Greene (March 8, 2009). Retrieved on March 14, 2009.
External links
- Dragon at the Life Lexicon
Categories:
- Patterns
- Spaceships with between 100 and 109 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population between 100 and 109
- Patterns with between 100 and 109 cells
- Patterns found by Paul Tooke
- Patterns found in 2000
- Spaceships
- Spaceships with period 6
- Orthogonal spaceships
- Spaceships with speed c/6
- Spaceships with heat 97