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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Space rake]]
* [[Space rake]]
* [[Sidewinder]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 12:31, 16 December 2023

Ecologist
Ecologist image
Pattern type Spaceship
Number of cells 53
Bounding box 27 × 18
Direction Orthogonal
Period 20 (mod: 20)
Speed c/2 | 10c/20
Heat 61.3
Kinetic symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Bill Gosper
Year of discovery 1971

The ecologist is a c/2 orthogonal period-20 spaceship that was described in Lifeline Volume 3.[1] It consists of the classic puffer 2 with another lightweight spaceship added to suppress the debris by turning it into an ghost Herschel.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Robert Wainwright (September 1971). Lifeline, vol 3, page 6.