Snub polyhedron

Polyhedron
Class Number and properties
Platonic solids
(5, convex, regular)
Archimedean solids
(13, convex, uniform)
Kepler-Poinsot polyhedra
(4, regular, non-convex)
Uniform polyhedra
(75, uniform)
Prismatoid:
prisms, antiprisms etc.
(4 infinite uniform classes)
Polyhedra tilings (11 regular, in the plane)
Quasi-regular polyhedra
(8)
Johnson solids (92, convex, non-uniform)
Pyramids and Bipyramids (infinite)
Stellations Stellations
Polyhedral compounds (5 regular)
Deltahedra (Deltahedra,
equalatial triangle faces)
Snub polyhedra
(12 uniform, not mirror image)
Zonohedron (Zonohedra,
faces have 180°symmetry)
Dual polyhedron
Self-dual polyhedron (infinite)
Catalan solid (13, Archimedean dual)

A snub polyhedron is a polyhedron obtained by adding extra triangles around each vertex.

Chiral snub polyhedra do not have reflection symmetry and hence have two enantiomorphous forms which are reflections of each other. Their symmetry groups are all point groups and are one of:

For example, the snub cube:

Snub polyhedra have Wythoff symbol | p q r and by extension, vertex configuration 3.p.3.q.3.r.

Contents

List of snub polyhedra

Uniform

There are 12 uniform snub polyhedra, not including the icosahedron as a snub tetrahedron, the great icosahedron as a retrosnub tetrahedron and the great disnub dirhombidodecahedron, also known as Skilling's figure.

Snub polyhedron Image Original polyhedron Image Symmetry group
Icosahedron Octahedron Ih
Great icosahedron Octahedron Ih
Snub cube Cuboctahedron O
Snub dodecahedron Icosidodecahedron I
Great snub dodecicosidodecahedron Great dodecicosidodecahedron I
Snub icosidodecadodecahedron Icosidodecadodecahedron I
Snub dodecadodecahedron Dodecadodecahedron I
Inverted snub dodecadodecahedron Dodecadodecahedron I
Great inverted snub icosidodecahedron Great icosidodecahedron I
Great retrosnub icosidodecahedron Great icosidodecahedron I
Great snub icosidodecahedron Great icosidodecahedron I
Small snub icosicosidodecahedron Small icosicosidodecahedron Ih
Small retrosnub icosicosidodecahedron Small icosicosidodecahedron Ih
Great dirhombicosidodecahedron Ih
Great disnub dirhombidodecahedron Great dirhombicosidodecahedron Ih

Notes:

There is also the infinite set of antiprisms. They are formed from dihedra, degenerate regular polyhedra. Those up to hexagonal are listed below.

Snub polyhedron Image Original polyhedron Symmetry group
Tetrahedron Digonal dihedron Td
Octahedron Trigonal dihedron Oh
Square antiprism Tetragonal dihedron D4d
Pentagonal antiprism Pentagonal dihedron D5d
Pentagrammic antiprism Pentagrammic dihedron D5d
Pentagrammic crossed-antiprism Retrogade pentagrammic dihedron D5d
Hexagonal antiprism Hexagonal dihedron D6d

Notes:

Non-uniform

Two Johnson solids are snub polyhedra: the snub disphenoid and the snub square antiprism. Neither is chiral.

Snub polyhedron Image Original polyhedron Image Symmetry group
Snub disphenoid Disphenoid D2d
Snub square antiprism Square antiprism D4d

Notes:

See also

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