Lightweight spaceship
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| Lightweight Spaceship | |||||
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| Pattern type | Spaceship | ||||
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| Number of cells | 9, 12, 9, 12 | ||||
| Direction | Orthogonal | ||||
| Period | 4 (mod: Unknown) | ||||
| Speed | c/2 | Unknown | ||||
| Heat | Unknown | ||||
| Kinetic symmetry | Unspecified | ||||
| Discovered by | John Conway | ||||
| Year of discovery | 1970 | ||||
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The lightweight spaceship (or LWSS for short) is the smallest known orthogonally moving spaceship, and the second most common spaceship (after the glider). It was found by John Conway in 1970.
External links
Lightweight spaceship at the Life Lexicon