Small stellated 120-cell explained

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2Small stellated 120-cell
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Orthogonal projection
TypeSchläfli-Hess polytope
Cells120
Faces720
Edges1200
Vertices120
Vertex figure
Schläfli symbol
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram
Symmetry groupH4, [3,3,5]
DualIcosahedral 120-cell
PropertiesRegular
In geometry, the small stellated 120-cell or stellated polydodecahedron is a regular star 4-polytope with Schläfli symbol . It is one of 10 regular Schläfli-Hess polytopes.

Related polytopes

It has the same edge arrangement as the great grand 120-cell, and also shares its 120 vertices with the 600-cell and eight other regular star 4-polytopes. It may also be seen as the first stellation of the 120-cell. In this sense it could be seen as analogous to the three-dimensional small stellated dodecahedron, which is the first stellation of the dodecahedron. Indeed, the small stellated 120-cell is dual to the icosahedral 120-cell, which could be taken as a 4D analogue of the great dodecahedron, dual of the small stellated dodecahedron.

The edges of the small stellated 120-cell are τ2 as long as those of the 120-cell core inside the 4-polytope.

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