The Truncated Icosahedron (Science U)

The Truncated Icosahedron

(trun-cat-ed i-co-sa-he-dron)
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(90,60,36)

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Type:	Archimedean Solid
Number of Faces:	32
Number of Vertices:	60
Number of Edges:	90
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The truncated icosahedron is the shape used in the construction of soccer balls: the pattern on the surface of a soccer ball consists of 12 identical black pentagons and 20 identical white hexagons.