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Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Great Stellated Dodecahedron
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A stellation of a regular polyhedron is a polyhedron with faces formed by extending the sides of the faces of the regular polyhedron. For example, if one extends the sides of a regular pentagon, one can obtain a five-pointed star or pentagram. Considering the union of the twelve pentagrams formed from the twelve pentagonal faces of a regular dodecahedron, one obtains this surface, known as a great stellated dodecahedron. It also could be created by gluing appropriate triangular pyramids to the faces of a regular icosahedron – there are a total of sixty triangular faces.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineGeometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Great Stellated Dodecahedron. 1915-1945. Wheeler, Albert Harry. National Museum of American History, Gift of Helen M. Wheeler. CC0.
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