![]() ![]() (phi, Phi, 0), (phi, -Phi, 0), (-phi, Phi, 0), (-phi, -Phi, 0),ģ0 sides of length 2 phi, mid point of edge to centre of solid = Phi, vertex to centre = 3 = (phi 2 + Phi 2) The "wire-frame" views are symmetrical plan views of the frame of the object with wire edges and the faces missing, dotted lines being edges that would be hidden by solid faces. You may notice a pause when first seeing a rotating diagram while it is being downloaded. If you place your mouse on the "rotate" button before you do this then a quick click will make it appear to rotate in 3-dimensions. For the auto-stereographic views, either cross your eyes or keep your eyes focussed in the distance until the two images fuse into one and you see the shape in depth. The Solid images can be rotated ( press the button) as can the Stereo views. Remember that in these pages Phi is 1♶1803. Their names come from the number of faces (hedron=face in Greek and its plural is hedra). All the faces are identical in shape and size Coordinates and other statistics of the 5 Platonic Solids They are the tetrahedron, cube (or hexahedron), octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron. ![]()
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