Compound of twenty octahedra

Compound of twenty octahedra
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)
3D model of a compound of twenty octahedra

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.