Compound of two truncated tetrahedra
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| Compound of two truncated tetrahedra | |
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| Type | Uniform compound |
| Index | UC54 |
| Polyhedra | 2 truncated tetrahedra |
| Faces | 8 triangles, 8 hexagons |
| Edges | 36 |
| Vertices | 24 |
| Symmetry group | octahedral (Oh) |
| Subgroup restricting to one constituent | tetrahedral (Td) |
This uniform polyhedron compound is a composition of two truncated tetrahedra, formed by truncating each of the tetrahedra in the stella octangula.
The vertex arrangement is the same as a convex, but nonuniform rhombicuboctahedron having 12 rectangular faces.
[edit] References
- John Skilling, Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra, Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Vol. 79, pp. 447-457, 1976.
