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Elongated square bipyramid

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Elongated square bipyramid
TypeJohnson
J14 - J15 - J16
Faces8 triangles
4 squares
Edges20
Vertices10
Vertex configuration2 of 34
8 of 32.42
Symmetry groupD4h
Dual polyhedronSquare bifrustum
Propertiesconvex

In geometry, the elongated square dipyramid is one of the Johnson solids (J15). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating an octahedron by inserting a square prism between its congruent halves.

The 92 Johnson solids were named and described by Norman Johnson in 1966.

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