Solids with icosahedral symmetry

Solids with full icosahedral symmetry

Platonic solids - regular polyhedra (all faces of the same type)

{5,3}{3,5}

Archimedean solids - polyhedra with more than one polygon face type.

3.10.104.6.105.6.63.4.5.43.5.3.5

Catalan solids - duals of the Archimedean solids.

V3.10.10V4.6.10V5.6.6V3.4.5.4V3.5.3.5

Platonic solids

NamePictureFacesEdgesVerticesEdges per faceFaces meetingat each vertex
dodecahedronDodecahedron

(Animation)

12302053
icosahedronIcosahedron

(Animation)

20301235

Achiral Archimedean solids

NamepictureFacesEdgesVerticesVertex configuration
icosidodecahedron(quasi-regular: vertex- and edge-uniform)Icosidodecahedron(Video)3220 triangles12 pentagons60303,5,3,5
truncated dodecahedronTruncated dodecahedron(Video)3220 triangles12 decagons90603,10,10
truncated icosahedronor commonly football (soccer ball)Truncated icosahedron(Video)3212 pentagons20 hexagons90605,6,6
rhombicosidodecahedronor small rhombicosidodecahedronRhombicosidodecahedron(Video)6220 triangles30 squares12 pentagons120603,4,5,4
truncated icosidodecahedronor great rhombicosidodecahedronTruncated icosidodecahedron(Video)6230 squares20 hexagons12 decagons1801204,6,10

Achiral Catalan solids

NamepictureDual Archimedean solidFacesEdgesVerticesFace Polygon
rhombic triacontahedron(quasi-regular dual: face- and edge-uniform)Rhombic triacontahedron(Video)icosidodecahedron306032rhombus
triakis icosahedronTriakis icosahedron(Video)truncated dodecahedron609032isosceles triangle
pentakis dodecahedronPentakis dodecahedron(Video)truncated icosahedron609032isosceles triangle
deltoidal hexecontahedronDeltoidal hexecontahedron(Video)rhombicosidodecahedron6012062kite
disdyakis triacontahedronor hexakis icosahedronDisdyakis triacontahedron(Video)truncated icosidodecahedron12018062scalene triangle

Kepler-Poinsot solids

Achiral nonconvex uniform polyhedra

Chiral Archimedean and Catalan solids

Archimedean solids:

NamepictureFacesEdgesVerticesVertex configuration
snub dodecahedronor snub icosidodecahedron (2 chiral forms)Snub dodecahedron (Ccw)(Video)Snub dodecahedron (Cw)(Video)9280 triangles12 pentagons150603,3,3,3,5

Catalan solids:

NamepictureDual Archimedean solidFacesEdgesVerticesFace Polygon
pentagonal hexecontahedronPentagonal hexecontahedron (Ccw)Pentagonal hexecontahedron (Cw)(Video)(Video)snub dodecahedron605092irregular pentagon

Chiral nonconvex uniform polyhedra

Construction

Construction instructions for the following solids are available: Platonic solids,[1]Archimedean solids,[2]Achiral Catalan solids,[3]Kepler–Poinsot solids,[4]Achiral nonconvex uniform polyhedra,[5] Chiral Archimedean and Catalan solids: Snub dodecahedron[6] and Pentagonal hexecontahedron,[7] and Chiral nonconvex uniform polyhedra.[8]

See also

Citations

  1. Wenninger 1971, pp. 17–19.
  2. Wenninger 1971, pp. 23–24, 26, 28, 30.
  3. Wenninger 1983, pp. 14–35.
  4. Wenninger 1971, pp. 38–40, 63.
  5. Wenninger 1971, pp. 106–117, 123–131, 135–143, 147–158, 161–170, 200–203.
  6. Wenninger 1971, p. 32.
  7. Wenninger 1983, p. 29.
  8. Wenninger 1971, pp. 172–199.

Works cited

  • Wenninger, Magnus J. (1971). Polyhedron models. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521069173.
  • Wenninger, Magnus J. (1983). Dual models. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521245249.