59 Stellations of the Icosahedron

    The is no essential numbering scheme for these stellations. This list follows the order in Coxeter et al. [1938] and includes their alphabetic notation for the different models. For those which are included in Wenninger's Polyhedron Models, the figure number he uses is given here [in brackets].

    The first 32 stellations are nonchiral --- they are unchanged when viewed in a mirror. The remaining 27 are chiral --- one version is included here and the other is available in your mirror.

    Each is given in two renderings: monochrome and five-colored. As far as I know, no one before me has ever produced the full set of 59 stellations in the five-color pattern (neither with paper nor bits). So I may be the first to have seen them all, and you might be second.

    • 1. A (icosahedron), [4] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 2. B (first stellation), [26] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 3. C (five octahedra), [23] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 4. D (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 5. E (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 6. F, [27] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 7. G (great icosahedron), [41] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 8. H (final stellation), [42] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 9. e1, [37] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 10. f1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 11. g1, [29] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 12. e1f1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 13. e1f1g1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 14. f1g1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 15. e2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 16. f2 (the only disconnected one) (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 17. g2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 18. e2f2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 19. e2f2g2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 20. f2g2, [30] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 21. De1, [32] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 22. Ef1 (ten tetrahedra), [25] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 23. Fg1, [31] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 24. De1f1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 25. De1f1g1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 26. Ef1g1, [28] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 27. De2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 28. Ef2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 29. Fg2, [33] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 30. De2f2, [34] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 31. De2f2g2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 32. Ef2g2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 33. f1, [35] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 34. e1f1, [36] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 35. De1f1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 36. f1g1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 37. e1f1g1, [39] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 38. De1f1g1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 39. f1g2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 40. e1f1g2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 41. De1f1g2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 42. f1f2g2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 43. e1f1f2g2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 44. De1f1f2g2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 45. e2f1, [40] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 46. De2f1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 47. Ef1 (five tetrahedra), [24] (solid color) (5 colors) (anti-colored)
    • 48. e2f1g1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 49. De2f1g1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 50. Ef1g1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 51. e2f1f2, [38] (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 52. De2f1f2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 53. Ef1f2 (solid color) (5 colors) (anti-colored)
    • 54. e2f1f2g1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 55. De2f1f2g1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 56. Ef1f2g1 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 57. e2f1f2g2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 58. De2f1f2g2 (solid color) (5 colors)
    • 59. Ef1f2g2 (solid color) (5 colors)


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