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The '''shield bug''' is the first [[31c/240 orthogonal|31c/240]] [[spaceship]], completed by [[Dave Greene]] on September 4, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=13058#p13058|title=Re: 31c/240 caterpillar working notes|author=Dave Greene|date=September 4, 2014|accessdate=September 5, 2014}}</ref> Components for the spaceship were found by Dave Greene himself and large amount of contributors, including but not limited to Chris Cain, Ivan Fomichev and [[Adam P. Goucher]].
The '''shield bug''' is the first [[31c/240 orthogonal|31c/240]] [[spaceship]], completed by [[Dave Greene]] on September 4, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=13058#p13058|title=Re: 31c/240 caterpillar working notes|author=Dave Greene|date=September 4, 2014|accessdate=September 5, 2014}}</ref> Components for the spaceship were found by Dave and many other contributors, including Kiho Park, Chris Cain, Ivan Fomichev and Adam P. Goucher.


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==
==References==
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== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[Centipede]]
* [[Caterpillar]]
* [[Caterpillar]]

Revision as of 22:34, 8 September 2014

Shield bug
Shield bug image
Pattern type Spaceship
Number of cells 3600626
Bounding box 934852 × 290482
Direction Orthogonal
Period 240 (mod: Unknown)
Speed 31c/240 | Unknown
Heat Unknown
Kinetic symmetry Unspecified
Discovered by Dave Greene
Year of discovery 2014
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The shield bug is the first 31c/240 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.

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

  1. ↑ Dave Greene (September 4, 2014). "Re: 31c/240 caterpillar working notes". Retrieved on September 5, 2014.

See also