Compound of five icosahedra

Compound of five icosahedra
TypeUniform compound
IndexUC47
Polyhedra5 icosahedra
Faces40+60 Triangles
Edges150
Vertices60
Symmetry groupicosahedral (Ih)
Subgroup restricting to one constituentpyritohedral (Th)

This uniform polyhedron compound is a composition of 5 icosahedra. 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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