Compound of eight triangular prisms

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Compound of eight triangular prisms
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Type Uniform compound
IndexUC31
Polyhedra8 triangular prisms
Faces16 triangles,
24 squares
Edges72
Vertices48
Symmetry group octahedral (Oh)
Subgroup restricting to one constituent3-fold dihedral (D3)

This uniform polyhedron compound is a symmetric arrangement of 8 triangular prisms, aligned in pairs with the axes of three-fold rotational symmetry of an octahedron. It results from composing the two enantiomorphs of the compound of 4 triangular prisms.

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