Compound of twelve pentagonal prisms

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Compound of twelve pentagonal prisms
Type Uniform compound
Index UC35
Polyhedra 12 pentagonal prisms
Faces 24 pentagons, 60 squares
Edges 180
Vertices 60
Symmetry group icosahedral (Ih)
Subgroup restricting to one constituent 5-fold dihedral (D5)

This uniform polyhedron compound is a symmetric arrangement of 12 pentagonal prisms, aligned in pairs with the axes of fivefold rotational symmetry of a dodecahedron.

It results from composing the two enantiomorphs of the compound of six pentagonal prisms. In doing so, the vertices of the two enantiomorphs coincide, with the result that the full compound has two pentagonal prisms incident on each of its vertices.

Related polyhedra[edit]

This compound shares its vertex arrangement with four uniform polyhedra as follows:


Nonconvex great rhombicosidodecahedron

Great dodecicosidodecahedron

Great rhombidodecahedron

Truncated great dodecahedron

Compound of six pentagonal prisms

Compound of twelve pentagonal prisms

References[edit]

  • Skilling, John (1976), "Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra", Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 79 (3): 447–457, Bibcode:1976MPCPS..79..447S, doi:10.1017/S0305004100052440, MR 0397554, S2CID 123279687.