The following table displays all known spaceship speeds and directions that do not rely on adjustable ships.
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| Speed
|
Smallest known
|
Min. population
|
|
First found
|
Discoverer
|
Year found
|
| Orthogonal speeds
|
| c/2
|
lightweight spaceship
|
9
|
|
lightweight spaceship
|
John Conway
|
1970
|
| 3c/7
|
232P7H3V0
|
232
|
|
spaghetti monster
|
Tim Coe
|
2016
|
| 2c/5
|
30P5H2V0
|
30
|
|
44P5H2V0
|
Dean Hickerson
|
1991
|
| 17c/45
|
caterpillar
|
11,880,039[1]
|
|
caterpillar
|
Gabriel Nivasch
|
2004
|
| c/3[note 1]
|
25P3H1V0.1, 25P3H1V0.2
|
25
|
|
84P3H1V0.1
|
Dean Hickerson
|
1989
|
| 2c/7
|
weekender
|
36
|
|
weekender
|
David Eppstein
|
2000
|
| c/4
|
37P4H1V0
|
37
|
|
119P4H1V0
|
Dean Hickerson
|
1989
|
| c/5
|
spider
|
58
|
|
snail
|
Tim Coe
|
1996
|
| c/6
|
56P6H1V0
|
56
|
|
dragon
|
Paul Tooke
|
2000
|
| c/7
|
loafer
|
20
|
|
loafer
|
Josh Ball
|
2013
|
| 31c/240
|
silverfish
|
210,108
|
|
shield bug
|
Dave Greene
|
2014
|
| c/10
|
copperhead
|
28
|
|
copperhead
|
zdr
|
2016
|
| Diagonal speeds
|
| c/4
|
glider
|
5
|
|
glider
|
Richard K. Guy
|
1970
|
| c/5
|
58P5H1V1
|
58
|
|
295P5H1V1
|
Jason Summers
|
2000
|
| c/6
|
77P6H1V1
|
77
|
|
seal
|
Nicolay Beluchenko
|
2005
|
| c/7
|
lobster
|
83
|
|
lobster
|
Matthias Merzenich
|
2011
|
| c/8
|
walrus
|
68
|
|
walrus
|
Adam P. Goucher
|
2023
|
| c/12
|
2-engine Cordership
|
100
|
|
13-engine Cordership
|
Dean Hickerson
|
1991
|
| Knightships (slope 2)
|
| (2,1)c/6
|
Sir Robin
|
282
|
|
Sir Robin
|
Adam P. Goucher and Tomas Rokicki
|
2018
|
| Slope 34/7
|
| (34,7)c/156
|
Unnamed (34,7)c/156 spaceship
|
25,013,268
|
|
Unnamed (34,7)c/156 spaceship
|
Luka Okanishi
|
2023
|
| Slope 23/5
|
| (23,5)c/79
|
waterbear
|
197,896
|
|
waterbear
|
Brett Berger
|
2014
|
Notes
- ↑ Although neither the first nor the smallest known c/3 spaceships have appeared on Catagolue, the speed as a whole is semi-natural, as on March 4, 2022, a symmetric soup was found containing a dart.[2]
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