Compound of Ten Octahedra

Compound Of Ten Octahedra

These uniform polyhedron compounds are symmetric arrangements of 10 octahedra, considered as triangular antiprisms, aligned with the axes of three-fold rotational symmetry of an icosahedron. The two compounds differ in the orientation of their octahedra: each compound may be transformed into the other by rotating each octahedron by 60 degrees.

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