Blend of 2 truncated tetrahedra

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Blend of 2 truncated tetrahedra
Gyrated blend of tetrahedra.png
Rank3
TypeOrbiform
SpaceSpherical
Notation
Bowers style acronymTutut
Elements
Faces2 triangles (as 1 hexagram)
6 triangles
6 hexagons
Edges6+6+6+12
Vertices6+6+6
Vertex figure6 (3.6.3/2.6/5)
6+6 (3.6.6)
Measures (edge length 1)
Circumradius
Volume
Number of external pieces60
Related polytopes
ConjugateNone
Convex hullElongated hexagonal antiprism
Convex coreElongated hexagonal pyramid
Abstract & topological properties
Euler characteristic2
OrientableYes
Genus0
Properties
SymmetryG2×I, order 12
ConvexNo
NatureTame

The blend of 2 truncated tetrahedra is an orbiform polyhedron. It consists of 8 triangles and 6 hexagons. It appears as a cell in sobthex.

It is the 6-6-3 acrohedron generated by Green's rules.

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