Heavyweight spaceship

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Heavyweight Spaceship
3b2o$bo4bo$o$o5bo$6o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ AUTOSTART ]] #C [[ ZOOM 32 TRACK 4 1 0 THUMBSIZE 3 GPS 4 HEIGHT 200 WIDTH 200 ]]
Pattern type Spaceship
Number of cells 13
Bounding box 7 × 4
Direction Orthogonal
Period 4
Mod Unknown
Speed c/2 | Unknown
Heat 19
Discovered by John Conway
Year of discovery 1970

The heavyweight spaceship (or HWSS for short, or big fish) is the fourth most common spaceship (after the glider, lightweight spaceship and middleweight spaceship). It was found by John Conway in 1970 and travels at a speed of c/2 orthogonally. Its domino spark can be used to stabilize several tagalongs, including sidecar and half of x66. It is one of only three known spaceships that is a polyomino in any of its phases.

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Three Heavyweight spaceship eaters

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