Compound of two great dodecahedra
This uniform polyhedron compound is a composition of 2 great dodecahedra, in the same arrangement as in the compound of 2 icosahedra.
| Compound of two great dodecahedra | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Uniform compound |
| Index | UC48 |
| Polyhedra | 2 great dodecahedra |
| Faces | 24 pentagons |
| Edges | 60 |
| Vertices | 24 |
| Symmetry group | octahedral (Oh) |
| Subgroup restricting to one constituent | pyritohedral (Th) |
It is one of only five polyhedral compounds (along with the compound of six tetrahedra, the compound of five great dodecahedra, the compound of two small stellated dodecahedra, and the compound of five small stellated dodecahedra) which is vertex-transitive and face-transitive but not edge-transitive.
References
- Skilling, John (1976), "Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra", Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 79: 447–457, doi:10.1017/S0305004100052440, MR 0397554.
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