Compound of two truncated tetrahedra

Compound of two truncated tetrahedra
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.

References

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