Unidimensional spaceship 2

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Unidimensional spaceship 2
Unidimensional spaceship 2 image
Pattern type Spaceship
Number of cells 6287417
Bounding box 795435669 × 1
Direction Orthogonal
Period 28409785756 (mod: 28409785756)
Speed c/14204892878 | 2c/28409785756
Heat Unknown
Kinetic symmetry -c
Discovered by Hippo.69
Year of discovery 2026
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Unidimensional spaceship 2 is the second unidimensional spaceship to be discovered, constructed by Hippo.69 as a reduction of Unidimensional spaceship 1. Much of the reduction was the result of a tape-reading mechanism that required only 3 slow glider pairs instead of 8, resulting in a much smaller initial fuse, combined with a more efficient mechanism of rebuilding the fuse.[1]

Compared with the previous unidimensional spaceship, this is 4.66 times smaller by bounding box length, 4.68 times faster by period, and 4.86 times smaller by population.

References

  1. Hippo.69 (January 4, 2026). Re: How about faster unidimensional spaceship (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums