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Cuboctahedron Stellations


Wenninger (1989) lists four of the possible cuboctahedron stellations, namely the cube-octahedron compound, a truncated form of the stella octangula, a sort of compound of six intersecting square pyramids, and an attractive concave solid formed of rhombi meeting four at a time.

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There are two stellation diagrams for the cuboctahedron (Wenninger 1989, Fig. 31, p. 67). The diagram above shows the lines of intersections of a triangular face with nonparallel faces.

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The diagram above shows the lines of intersections of a square face with nonparallel faces.


See also

Cuboctahedron, Stellation

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References

Wenninger, M. J. "Commentary on the Stellation of the Archimedean Solids." In Polyhedron Models. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 66-72, 1989.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Cuboctahedron Stellations." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CuboctahedronStellations.html

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