Pentakis dodecahedron
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Type	Catalan solid
Coxeter diagram
Conway notation	kD
Face type	V5.6.6 isosceles triangle
Faces	60
Edges	90
Vertices	32
Vertices by type	20{6}+12{5}
Symmetry group	Ih, H3, [5,3], (*532)
Rotation group	I, [5,3]+, (532)
Dihedral angle	156°43′07″ arccos(−⁠80 + 9√5/109⁠)
Properties	convex,face-transitive
Truncated icosahedron (dual polyhedron)	Net

Ingeometry, apentakis dodecahedron orkisdodecahedron is a polyhedron created by attaching apentagonal pyramid to each face of aregular dodecahedron; that is, it is theKleetope of the dodecahedron. Specifically, the term typically refers to a particularCatalan solid, namely thedual of atruncated icosahedron.

Let${\displaystyle \varphi }$ be thegolden ratio. The 12 points given by${\displaystyle (0,\pm 1,\pm \varphi )}$ and cyclic permutations of these coordinates are the vertices of aregular icosahedron. Its dualregular dodecahedron, whose edges intersect those of the icosahedron at right angles, has as vertices the points${\displaystyle (\pm 1,\pm 1,\pm 1)}$ together with the points${\displaystyle (\pm \varphi ,\pm 1/\varphi ,0)}$ and cyclic permutations of these coordinates. Multiplying all coordinates of the icosahedron by a factor of${\displaystyle (3\varphi +12)/19\approx 0.88705799822}$ gives a slightly smaller icosahedron. The 12 vertices of this icosahedron, together with the vertices of the dodecahedron, are the vertices of a pentakis dodecahedron centered at the origin. The length of its long edges equals${\displaystyle 2/\varphi }$. Its faces are acute isosceles triangles with one angle of${\displaystyle \arccos ((-8+9\varphi )/18)\approx 68.618720931{19}^{\circ }}$ and two of${\displaystyle \arccos ((5-\varphi )/6)\approx 55.690639534{41}^{\circ }}$. The length ratio between the long and short edges of these triangles equals${\displaystyle (5-\varphi )/3\approx 1.12732200375}$.

Thepentakis dodecahedron in a model ofbuckminsterfullerene: each (spherical) surface segment represents acarbonatom, and if all are replaced with planar faces, a pentakis dodecahedron is produced. Equivalently, a truncated icosahedron is a model of buckminsterfullerene, with each vertex representing a carbon atom.

Thepentakis dodecahedron is also a model of some icosahedrally symmetric viruses, such asAdeno-associated virus. These have 60 symmetry related capsid proteins, which combine to make the 60 symmetrical faces of apentakis dodecahedron.

The pentakis dodecahedron has three symmetry positions, two on vertices, and one on a midedge:

Orthogonal projections

Projective symmetry	[2]	[6]	[10]
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Aconcave pentakis dodecahedron replaces the pentagonal faces of a dodecahedron withinverted pyramids.

Convex (left) and concave (right) pentakis dodecahedron

The faces of a regular dodecahedron may be replaced (or augmented with) any regular pentagonal pyramid to produce what is in general referred to as anelevated dodecahedron. For example, if pentagonal pyramids with equilateral triangles are used, the result is a non-convexdeltahedron. Any such elevated dodecahedron has the same combinatorial structure as a pentakis dodecahedron, i.e., the sameSchlegel diagram.

Family of uniform icosahedral polyhedra
Symmetry:[5,3], (*532)							[5,3]+, (532)
{5,3}	t{5,3}	r{5,3}	t{3,5}	{3,5}	rr{5,3}	tr{5,3}	sr{5,3}
Duals to uniform polyhedra
V5.5.5	V3.10.10	V3.5.3.5	V5.6.6	V3.3.3.3.3	V3.4.5.4	V4.6.10	V3.3.3.3.5

*n32 symmetry mutation of truncated tilings:n.6.6 v t e
Sym. *n42 [n,3]	Spherical				Euclid.	Compact		Parac.	Noncompact hyperbolic
	*232 [2,3]	*332 [3,3]	*432 [4,3]	*532 [5,3]	*632 [6,3]	*732 [7,3]	*832 [8,3]...	*∞32 [∞,3]	[12i,3]	[9i,3]	[6i,3]
Truncated figures
Config.	2.6.6	3.6.6	4.6.6	5.6.6	6.6.6	7.6.6	8.6.6	∞.6.6	12i.6.6	9i.6.6	6i.6.6
n-kis figures
Config.	V2.6.6	V3.6.6	V4.6.6	V5.6.6	V6.6.6	V7.6.6	V8.6.6	V∞.6.6	V12i.6.6	V9i.6.6	V6i.6.6

• Excavated dodecahedron

• TheSpaceship Earth structure atWalt Disney World'sEpcot is a derivative of a pentakis dodecahedron.
• The model for a campus arts workshop designed by Jeffrey Lindsay was actually a hemispherical pentakis dodecahedronhttps://books.google.com/books?id=JD8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=jeffrey+lindsay&pg=PA92
• The shape of the "Crystal Dome" used in the popular TV game showThe Crystal Maze was based on a pentakis dodecahedron.
• InDoctor Atomic, the shape of the first atomic bomb detonated inNew Mexico was a pentakis dodecahedron.[1]
• InDe Blob 2 in the Prison Zoo, domes are made up of parts of a Pentakis Dodecahedron. These Domes also appear whenever the player transforms on a dome in the Hypno Ray level.
• Some Geodomes in which people play on are Pentakis Dodecahedra, or at least elevated dodecahedra.

• Williams, Robert (1979).The Geometrical Foundation of Natural Structure: A Source Book of Design. Dover Publications, Inc.ISBN 0-486-23729-X. (Section 3-9)
• Sellars, Peter (2005)."Doctor Atomic Libretto". Boosey & Hawkes.We surround the plutonium core from thirty two points spaced equally around its surface, the thirty-two points are the centers of the twenty triangular faces of an icosahedron interwoven with the twelve pentagonal faces of a dodecahedron.
• Wenninger, Magnus (1983).Dual Models.Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-0-521-54325-5.MR 0730208. (The thirteen semiregular convex polyhedra and their duals, Page 18, Pentakisdodecahedron)
• The Symmetries of Things 2008, John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strauss,ISBN 978-1-56881-220-5[2] (Chapter 21, Naming the Archimedean and Catalan polyhedra and tilings, page 284, Pentakis dodecahedron )

• Weisstein, Eric W., "Pentakis dodecahedron" ("Catalan solid") atMathWorld.
• Pentakis Dodecahedron – Interactive Polyhedron Model
• Visual Polyhedra pentakis dodecahedron

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