Tub test tube baby

	Tub test tube baby
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Family	Test tube baby
Number of cells	16
Bounding box	10×6
Frequency class	29.4
Period	2
Mod	2
Heat	2
Volatility	0.11
Strict volatility	0.11
Rotor type	Orthogonal on-off
Discovered by	Unknown
Year of discovery	Unknown
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B3/S23 – B3578/S01235678
Important rules	Conway Life
# of rules	29 = 512
Isotropic rules	B3i/S2cik3cenq – B2-ae34-aejnw56-k78/S01234-t5678
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	6
Catagolue-generated RLE	tubtesttubebaby_synth.rle
Uploaded synthesis RLE	tubtesttubebaby_synth.rle
Pattern files
Plaintext	tubtesttubebaby.cells
RLE	tubtesttubebaby.rle
Identifiers
apgcode	xp2_25a88gz8ka221
Pentadecathlon ID	16P2.86

Tub test tube baby is a period 2 oscillator. It is similar to test tube baby, but tubs are used to stabilizes the corners.

Commonness

Tub test tube baby is about the twenty-ninth most common naturally-occurring oscillator in Achim Flammenkamp's census, being less common than the tumbler and more common than trans-beacon on dock.^[1]

↑ Achim Flammenkamp (September 7, 2004). "Most seen natural occurring ash objects in Game of Life". Retrieved on January 15, 2009.