Compound of dodecahedron and icosahedron explained

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TypeDual compound
Coxeter diagram ∪
Stellation coreicosidodecahedron
Convex hullRhombic triacontahedron
IndexW47
Polyhedra1 icosahedron
1 dodecahedron
Faces20 triangles
12 pentagons
Edges60
Vertices32
Symmetry groupicosahedral (Ih)

In geometry, this polyhedron can be seen as either a polyhedral stellation or a compound.

As a compound

It can be seen as the compound of an icosahedron and dodecahedron. It is one of four compounds constructed from a Platonic solid or Kepler-Poinsot solid, and its dual.

It has icosahedral symmetry (Ih) and the same vertex arrangement as a rhombic triacontahedron.

This can be seen as the three-dimensional equivalent of the compound of two pentagons ("decagram"); this series continues into the fourth dimension as the compound of 120-cell and 600-cell and into higher dimensions as compounds of hyperbolic tilings.

As a stellation

This polyhedron is the first stellation of the icosidodecahedron, and given as Wenninger model index 47.

The stellation facets for construction are:

In popular culture

In the film Tron (1982), the character Bit took this shape when not speaking.

In the cartoon series Steven Universe (2013-2019), Steven's shield bubble, briefly used in the episode Change Your Mind, had this shape.

See also

References

. Magnus Wenninger . Polyhedron Models . Cambridge University Press . 1974 . 0-521-09859-9 .