Compound of ten truncated tetrahedra
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| Compound of ten truncated tetrahedra | |
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| Type | Uniform compound |
| Index | UC56 |
| Polyhedra | 10 truncated tetrahedra |
| Faces | 40 triangles, 40 hexagons |
| Edges | 180 |
| Vertices | 120 |
| Symmetry group | icosahedral (Ih) |
| Subgroup restricting to one constituent | chiral tetrahedral (T) |
This uniform polyhedron compound is a composition of 10 truncated tetrahedra, formed by truncating each of the tetrahedra in the compound of 10 tetrahedra. It also results from composing the two enantiomers of the compound of 5 truncated tetrahedra.
[edit] References
- John Skilling, Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra, Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Vol. 79, pp. 447-457, 1976.
