Compound of five tetrahedra

Compound of five tetrahedra
Type Regular compound
Coxeter symbol {5,3}[5{3,3}] {3,5}[1]
Index UC5, W24
Elements
(As a compound)
5 tetrahedra:
F = 20, E = 30, V = 20
Dual compound Self-dual
Symmetry group chiral icosahedral (I)
Subgroup restricting to one constituent chiral tetrahedral (T)
3D model of a compound of five tetrahedra

The compound of five tetrahedra is one of the five regular polyhedral compounds. This compound polyhedron is also a stellation of the regular icosahedron. It was first described by Edmund Hess in 1876.

It can be seen as a faceting of a regular dodecahedron.

  1. ^ Coxeter 1973, p. 98.