Truncated triakis tetrahedron
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| Truncated triakis tetrahedron | |
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| Type | Conway polyhedron |
| Faces | 4 hexagons 12 pentagons |
| Edges | 42 |
| Vertices | 28 |
| Vertex configuration | 4 (5.5.5) 24 (5.5.6) |
| Symmetry group | Td |
| Properties | convex |
The truncated triakis tetrahedron is a convex polyhedron with 16 faces: 4 sets of 3 pentagons arranged in a tetrahedral arrangement, with 4 hexagons in the gaps. It is constructed from taking a triakis tetrahedron by truncating the order-6 vertices. This creates 4 regular hexagon faces, and leaves 12 irregular pentagons.
A topologically similar equilateral polyhedron can be constructed by using 12 regular pentagons with 4 equilateral but nonplanar hexagons, each vertex with internal angles alternating between 108 and 132 degrees.
