Definition:Great Stellated Dodecahedron

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Definition

The great stellated dodecahedron is a Kepler-Poinsot polyhedron composed of $12$ pentagrammic faces with $3$ pentagrams meeting at each vertex.



Also known as

Some sources give the great stellated dodecahedron as the greater stellated dodecahedron.


Also see

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Historical Note

The great stellated dodecahedron was discovered by Johannes Kepler, and later rediscovered by Louis Poinsot.


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