- Compound of four hexagonal prisms
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Compound of four hexagonal prisms Type Uniform compound Index UC38 Polyhedra 4 hexagonal prisms Faces 8 hexagons,
24 squaresEdges 72 Vertices 48 Symmetry group octahedral (Oh) Subgroup restricting to one constituent 3-fold antiprismatic (D3d) This uniform polyhedron compound is a symmetric arrangement of 4 hexagonal prisms, aligned with the axes of threefold rotational symmetry of an octahedron.
Cartesian coordinates
Cartesian coordinates for the vertices of this compound are all the permutations of
- (±1, ±(1−√6), ±(1+√6))
References
- Skilling, John (1976), "Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra", Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 79: 447–457, doi:10.1017/S0305004100052440, MR0397554.
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