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| Folded with 160 g/m2 paper, 7 cm tall
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Pseudoglobes on a Truncated Icosahedron
The truncated icosahedron is easily recognized as the underlying
shape of most soccer balls. Carbon atoms in the allotrope C60
("fullerene") are also organized in truncated icosahedrons, nicknamed
buckyballs (also in honor of Buckminster Fuller, whose geodesic
domes superficially resemble this polyhedron).
Lots of small faces, many nonparallel edges, tiny narrow tabs, all
contribute for making this solid rather demanding to build (and,
the further one progresses, the harder it gets). It is
far more difficult than any other polyhedron presented here,
so please read the generic assembly tips.
High Resolution Maps
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Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on
pentagonal faces, flat-colored
(98 KB PDF) |
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Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on
pentagonal faces, texture-mapped
(899 KB PDF) |
Low Resolution Maps
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Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on
pentagonal faces, EOSVid data by Dave Pape (resumbrae.com)
(168 KB) |
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Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on
pentagonal faces, flat gray
(41 KB) |
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Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on
pentagonal faces, AVHRR Pathfinder data by Dave Pape (resumbrae.com)
(175 KB) |
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Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on
pentagonal faces, unshaded (paint it yourself)
(36 KB) |
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Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on
pentagonal faces, textured
(161 KB) |
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Gnomonic projection on a truncated icosahedron, poles on
pentagonal faces, flat-colored
(41 KB) |
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