Fox

	Fox
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Pattern type	Oscillator
Number of cells	12
Bounding box	8 × 7
Period	2 (mod: Unknown)
Heat	18
Volatility	Unknown \| Unknown
Kinetic symmetry	Unspecified
Discovered by	David Buckingham
Year of discovery	1977
Rules
Outer-totalistic rules	B3/S2 – B3678/S2345678
# of rules	29 = 512
Glider synthesis
Fewest gliders	12
Uploaded synthesis RLE	fox_synth.rle
Pattern files
Plaintext	fox.cells
RLE	fox.rle

Fox (or gnome^[1]) is the smallest period 2 oscillator with an asymmetric rotor. It was found by David Buckingham in July 1977.^[2]

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