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A Compound of Six Pentadecagonal Prisms

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This chiral polyhedral compound was generated from a partial faceting of the polyhedron shown in the last post here, using Stella 4d‘s faceting function, plus its “try to make faces regular” operation afterwards. Making the six-prism compound in the first place was suggested by Tony Hartley, on Facebook, where I posted a link to that last post in a mathematical group for discussion. Thanks, Tony!

If you’d like to try Stella for yourself, the site to visit for a free trial download is http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

A Compound of the Icosahedron and the Small Stellated Dodecahedron

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I found this by further stellation of the polyhedra shown in the two posts right before this one, using a program called Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator. You can try Stella for free at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

A Compound of the Great Rhombicosidodecahedron and the Small Stellated Dodecahedron

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I made this, using Stella 4d (available here), by multiple stellation of the faceted great rhombicosidodecahedron shown in the post immediately before this one.

Five Variants of the Compound of Two Tetrahedra

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This is the compound of two tetrahedra, also known as Johannes Kepler’s Stella Octangula.

I found the five variations of this polyhedral compound shown below, located deep within the stellation-series of the great rhombicuboctahedron.

These .gif images were all made using Stella 4d, a program you can try for free at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

The Third Stellation of the Pentagonal Icositetrahedron Is a Compound of Two Irregular Dodecahedra

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Here’s the pentagonal icositetrahedron. It is the dual of the snub cube.

And here is its third stellation. As you can see, it’s a compound of two irregular dodecahedra.

I made these images using Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator. You can try this program for free at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.