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Compound of five tetrahedra

Compound five tetrahedra

The polyhedron is a compound of five tetrahedra — it can be represented as a single body combining five multi-colored tetrahedra.

The performed coloring makes it possible to clearly separate each of the tetrahedra elements in the merging process.

Another name for a polyhedron is the second compound stellation of icosahedron.

 

Compound five tetrahedra1

The face of the polyhedron is the three polygons highlighted in yellow in the figure.

A polyhedron consists of 20 groups of such polygons.

 

Compound five tetrahedra2
The shape of the polygon is as follows:

* a detailed description of the polyhedron on the pages of the set "Magic Edges"

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