Birotunda

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Set of cupolae
Pentagonal orthobirotunda.png
Example: pentagonal orthobirotunda
Faces 2 n-gons
2n pentagons
4n triangles
Edges 12n
Vertices 6n
Symmetry group Ortho: Dnh, [n,2], (*n22), order 4n
Gyro: Dnd, [2n,2+ ], (2*n), order 4n
Rotation group Dn, [n,2]+, (n22), order 2n
Properties convex

In geometry, a birotunda is any member of a family of dihedral-symmetric polyhedra, formed from two rotunda adjoined through the largest face. They are similar to a bicupola but instead of alternating squares and triangles, it alternates pentagons and triangles around an axis. There are two forms, ortho- and gyro-: an orthobirotunda has one of the two rotundas is placed as the mirror reflection of the other, while in a gyrobirotunda one rotunda is twisted relative to the other.

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The pentagonal birotundas can be formed with regular faces, one a Johnson solid, the other a semiregular polyhedron:

Other forms can be generated with dihedral symmetry and distorted equilateral pentagons.

Examples

Birotundas
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Green square orthobirotunda.svg
square orthobirotunda
Green pentagonal orthobirotunda.svg
pentagonal orthobirotunda
Green hexagonal orthobirotunda.svg
hexagonal orthobirotunda
Green heptagonal orthobirotunda.svg
heptagonal orthobirotunda
Green octagonal orthobirotunda.svg
octagonal orthobirotunda
Green square gyrobirotunda.svg
square gyrobirotunda
Green pentagonal gyrobirotunda.svg
pentagonal gyrobirotunda
(icosidodecahedron)
Green hexagonal gyrobirotunda.svg
hexagonal gyrobirotunda
Green heptagonal gyrobirotunda.svg
heptagonal gyrobirotunda
Green octagonal gyrobirotunda.svg
octagonal gyrobirotunda

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