Compound of six pentagonal prisms

Compound of six pentagonal prisms
Compound of six pentagonal prisms
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Type Uniform compound
Index UC34
Polyhedra 6 pentagonal prisms
Faces 12 pentagons,
30 squares
Edges 90
Vertices 60
Symmetry group chiral icosahedral (I)
Subgroup restricting to one constituent 5-fold dihedral (D5)

This uniform polyhedron compound is a chiral symmetric arrangement of 6 pentagonal prisms, aligned with the axes of fivefold rotational symmetry of a dodecahedron.

Related polyhedra

This compound shares its vertex arrangement with four uniform polyhedra as follows:

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Nonconvex great rhombicosidodecahedron
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Great dodecicosidodecahedron
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Great rhombidodecahedron
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Truncated great dodecahedron
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Compound of six pentagonal prisms
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Compound of twelve pentagonal prisms

References

  • Skilling, John (1976), "Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra", Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 79 (03): 447–457, doi:10.1017/S0305004100052440, MR0397554 .