Lobster (spaceship)

	Lobster
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Pattern type	Spaceship
Number of cells	83
Bounding box	26×26
Direction	Diagonal
Period	7
Mod	7
Speed	c/7
Heat	81.7
Discovered by	Matthias Merzenich
Year of discovery	2011
Pattern files
RLE	83p7h1v1.rle
Identifiers
apgcode	xq7_ggg0774wguez1130g06mgcc403ju4y1ooz03331oo31gy112w62ec0ac4zy213111igzy4cc0j6mzy831

Lobster is a c/7 diagonal spaceship that was discovered by Matthias Merzenich in August 2011. It was the first c/7 diagonal spaceship to be found.^[1] It consists of two gliders pulling a tagalong that then rephases them.

The Lobster was voted the Pattern of the Year 2011 on ConwayLife.com, along with the fully universal Turing machine.

Notes

↑ Adam Goucher (August 26, 2011). "New spaceship velocity". Retrieved on September 12, 2011.

External links

Lobster (spaceship) at Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue

[1] Adam Goucher (August 26, 2011). "New spaceship velocity". Retrieved on September 12, 2011.

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Lobster (spaceship)

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