Tetrated dodecahedron

In geometry, the tetrated dodecahedron is a near-miss Johnson solid. It was first discovered in 2002 by Alex Doskey. It was then independently rediscovered in 2003, and named, by Robert Austin.^[1]

Tetrated dodecahedron
Type	Near-miss Johnson solid
Faces	4 equilateral triangles 12 isosceles triangles 12 pentagons
Edges	54
Vertices	28
Vertex configuration	4 (5.5.5) 12 (3.5.3.5) 12 (3.3.5.5)
Symmetry group	Td
Properties	convex
Net

3D model of a tetrated dodecahedron

Model built with polydron

It has 28 faces: twelve regular pentagons arranged in four panels of three pentagons each, four equilateral triangles (shown in blue), and six pairs of isosceles triangles (shown in yellow). All edges of the tetrated dodecahedron have the same length, except for the shared bases of these isosceles triangles, which are approximately 1.07 times as long as the other edges. This polyhedron has tetrahedral symmetry.

Topologically, as a near-miss Johnson solid, the four triangles corresponding to the face planes of a tetrahedron are always equilateral, while the pentagons and the other triangles only have reflection symmetry.

Related polyhedra

Dodecahedron (Platonic solid)	Icosidodecahedron (Archimedean solid)	Pentagonal orthobirotunda (Johnson solid)

See also

• Tetrahedrally diminished dodecahedron