Compound of twenty octahedra | |
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Type | Uniform compound |
Index | UC14 |
Polyhedra | 20 octahedra |
Faces | 40+120 triangles |
Edges | 240 |
Vertices | 60 |
Symmetry group | icosahedral (Ih) |
Subgroup restricting to one constituent | 6-fold improper rotation (S6) |
The compound of twenty octahedra is a uniform polyhedron compound. It's composed of a symmetric arrangement of 20 octahedra (considered as triangular antiprisms). It is a special case of the compound of 20 octahedra with rotational freedom, in which pairs of octahedral vertices coincide.