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Polar Zonohedron Built on a Dodecahedron

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A triangle determined by an edge and the center of a dodecahedron is half of a rhombus, with diagonal ratio equal to the square of the golden ratio. Based on this relationship, polar zonohedra can be built on each face of the dodecahedron.

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The diagonal ratio of the second rhombus of the polar zonohedron is .

This assembly can be built with Zometool using yellow struts.

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Contributed by: Sándor Kabai (September 2008)
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