The Four Kepler-Poinsot Solids

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small stellated dodecahedron
great dodecahedron
great stellated dodecahedron
great icosahedron
net
This Demonstration shows the four Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra and their nets in color. To make a model of a solid, copy its net to your picture editor and print the picture.

Details

The small stellated dodecahedron and the great stellated dodecahedron were discovered by Johannes Kepler (1571–1630).
The great icosahedron and great dodecahedron were discovered by Louis Poinsot (1777–1859).

References

[1] P. R. Cromwell, Polyhedra, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997 pp. 251–256.

External Links

Kepler–Poinsot Solid (Wolfram MathWorld)
Dissection of Two Stellated Dodecahedra
Great Icosahedron (Wolfram MathWorld)
Fifty-Nine Icosahedra
Playing with Stellations of the Icosahedron

Permanent Citation

Izidor Hafner
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​"The Four Kepler-Poinsot Solids"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/TheFourKeplerPoinsotSolids/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: July 2, 2014