Compound of five icosahedra

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Compound of five icosahedra
UC47-5 icosahedra.png
Type Uniform compound
IndexUC47
Polyhedra5 icosahedra
Faces40+60 Triangles
Edges150
Vertices60
Symmetry group icosahedral (Ih)
Subgroup restricting to one constituent pyritohedral (Th)
3D model of a compound of five icosahedra Compound of five icosahedra.stl
3D model of a compound of five icosahedra

The compound of five icosahedra is uniform polyhedron compound. It's composed of 5 icosahedra, rotated around a common axis. It has icosahedral symmetry Ih.

The triangles in this compound decompose into two orbits under action of the symmetry group: 40 of the triangles lie in coplanar pairs in icosahedral planes, while the other 60 lie in unique planes.

Cartesian coordinates

Cartesian coordinates for the vertices of this compound are all the cyclic permutations of

(0, ±2, ±2τ)
(±τ−1, ±1, ±(1+τ2))
(±τ, ±τ2, ±(2τ−1))

where τ = (1+5)/2 is the golden ratio (sometimes written φ).

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