some stellations of the icosahedron

The 59 stellations of the icosahedron are very nice polyhedra.
We still met half a dozen of them:
  (see the Du Val's notation)

Among the others, here are my favorite, with LiveGraphics3D.
Be patient during the initialization!

A
B
C
Ef11
Ef1
G
the icosahedron itself
the first stellation
the compound of five octahedra
the compound of five tetrahedra
the compound of ten tetrahedra
the great icosahedron (Poinsot star)
De2f2

Ef2

e1

e2f2

f1

De2f1

f2

the only disconnected stellation

H

the complete icosahedron (final stellation)


references: •  Polyhedra par Peter R. Cromwell (pages 267-280), Cambridge University Press, 1997.
•  http://www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/stellations-icosahedron-info.html by George W. Hart.

      (the data used for these images are extracted from VRML files by George W. Hart)


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