Compound of twenty octahedra

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Compound of twenty octahedra
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Type Uniform compound
IndexUC14
Polyhedra20 octahedra
Faces40+120 triangles
Edges240
Vertices60
Symmetry group icosahedral (Ih)
Subgroup restricting to one constituent6-fold improper rotation (S6)
3D model of a compound of twenty octahedra Compound of twenty octahedra.stl
3D model of a compound of twenty octahedra

The compound of twenty octahedra is a uniform polyhedron compound. It's composed of a symmetric arrangement of 20 octahedra (considered as triangular antiprisms). It is a special case of the compound of 20 octahedra with rotational freedom, in which pairs of octahedral vertices coincide.

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This compound shares its edge arrangement with the great dirhombicosidodecahedron, the great disnub dirhombidodecahedron, and the compound of twenty tetrahemihexahedra.

It may be constructed as the exclusive or of the two enantiomorphs of the great snub dodecicosidodecahedron.

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Convex hull
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Great snub dodecicosidodecahedron
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Great dirhombicosidodecahedron
Great disnub dirhombidodecahedron.png
Great disnub dirhombidodecahedron
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Compound of twenty octahedra
UC19-20 tetrahemihexahedron.png
Compound of twenty tetrahemihexahedra

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