icosahedral symmetry
Platonic solid's balance
Icosahedral symmetry is the rotational symmetry of a twenty-faced polyhedron—the most complex of the regular solids.
Objects with this symmetry look identical from multiple angles, possessing sixty rotational orientations.
The pattern appears in virus capsids, buckminsterfullerene molecules, and geodesic domes: The protein shell displays icosahedral symmetry.
- fullereneCage-shaped carbon allotrope
- geodesic domeTriangular-lattice spherical structure
- buckyballSpherical carbon allotrope
- polyhedronMulti-faced geometric solid
- golden ratioPhi, roughly 1.618
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