A Truncated Icosahedron with Sixty Extra Hexagons

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A Truncated Icosahedron with Sixty Extra Hexagons

I created this using Stella 4d, which is available (including a free trial download) at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php. With adjustments in edge lengths to make the bond lengths correct, this would be the shape of a C180 fullerene molecule.

If the thirty-two faces of the truncated icosahedron are hidden, and only the sixty extra hexagons are visible, this polyhedron looks like this:

Dual of Geodesic Trunc Icosa

In “rainbow color mode,” it has an even more interesting appearance:

Dual of Geodesic Trunc Icosa

2 thoughts on “A Truncated Icosahedron with Sixty Extra Hexagons”

  1. I like the Truncated Icosahedron with Sixty Extra Hexagons.
    I decided to cut the 12 regular pentagons, 20 regular hexagons and 60 irregular hexagons
    from cardboard..
    Would you help me to send the exact shape of irregular hexagons.
    Thanks

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