Lightweight spaceship
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| Lightweight Spaceship | |||||||
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| Pattern type | Spaceship | ||||||
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| Number of cells | 9 | ||||||
| Bounding box | 5 × 4 | ||||||
| Direction | Orthogonal | ||||||
| Period | 4 (mod: Unknown) | ||||||
| Speed | c/2 | Unknown | ||||||
| Heat | 11 | ||||||
| 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.
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- Patterns
- Spaceships with 9 cells
- Periodic objects with minimum population 9
- Patterns with 9 cells
- Patterns found by John Conway
- Patterns found in 1970
- Patterns that can be constructed with 3 gliders
- Spaceships
- Spaceships with period 4
- Orthogonal spaceships
- Spaceships with speed c/2
- Spaceships with heat 11
- Glide symmetric spaceships