Shield bug
The shield bug is the first and largest 31c/240 orthogonal spaceship, completed by Dave Greene on September 4, 2014.[1] Components for the spaceship were found by Dave and many other contributors, including Kiho Park, Chris Cain, Ivan Fomichev and Adam P. Goucher.
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| Pattern type | Spaceship | ||||||||
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| Number of cells | 3600626 | ||||||||
| Bounding box | 934852×290482 | ||||||||
| Direction | Orthogonal | ||||||||
| Period | 240 | ||||||||
| Mod | 240 | ||||||||
| Speed | 31c/240 | ||||||||
| Speed (unsimplified) | 31c/240 | ||||||||
| Heat | 2825501.4 | ||||||||
| Discovered by | Dave Greene | ||||||||
| Year of discovery | 2014 | ||||||||
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The name is a reference to the large kite-shaped area near the front; the entire spaceship was originally intended to have roughly the same shape.
References
- Dave Greene (September 4, 2014). Re: 31c/240 caterpillar working notes (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
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