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2005 January 09

Spaceships
New Diagonal c/5 Spaceship

86P5H1V1 Jason Summers has found a new diagonal c/5 spaceship. With a population 86 bits in its smallest phase, it becomes the smallest known example for this speed and direction. It is less than one third the size of the next largest example, which has a population 295 bits.