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Directly related constructionsBoth are volumetric solids
Merkaba
- Circles
- 0
- Segments
- 12
- Vertices
- 8
- Solids
- 2
- Dimension
- Volumetric (3D)
- ◇ 8 vertices coincide with the vertices of a cube
- ◇ The intersection of the two tetrahedra is a regular octahedron
- ◇ Kepler named it the stella octangula (1609)
Vector Equilibrium
- Circles
- 0
- Segments
- 24
- Vertices
- 12
- Solids
- 1
- Dimension
- Volumetric (3D)
- ◇ 12 vertices, 24 edges, 14 faces (V − E + F = 2)
- ◇ Centre-to-vertex distance equals edge length
- ◇ Arises in cubic close packing of spheres