Table of polyhedron dihedral angles

The dihedral angles for the edge-transitive polyhedra are:

PictureNameSchläfli
symbol
Vertex/Face
configuration
exact dihedral angle
(radians)
dihedral angle
– exact in bold,
else approximate
(degrees)
Platonic solids (regular convex)
Tetrahedron{3,3}(3.3.3)arccos (1/3)70.529°
Hexahedron or Cube{4,3}(4.4.4)arccos (0) = π/290°
Octahedron{3,4}(3.3.3.3)arccos (-1/3)109.471°
Dodecahedron{5,3}(5.5.5)arccos (-5/5)116.565°
Icosahedron{3,5}(3.3.3.3.3)arccos (-5/3)138.190°
Kepler–Poinsot solids (regular nonconvex)
Small stellated dodecahedron{5/2,5}(5/2.5/2.5/2.5/2.5/2)arccos (-5/5)116.565°
Great dodecahedron{5,5/2}(5.5.5.5.5)/2arccos (5/5)63.435°
Great stellated dodecahedron{5/2,3}(5/2.5/2.5/2)arccos (5/5)63.435°
Great icosahedron{3,5/2}(3.3.3.3.3)/2arccos (5/3)41.810°
Quasiregular polyhedra (Rectified regular)
Tetratetrahedronr{3,3}(3.3.3.3)arccos (-1/3)109.471°
Cuboctahedronr{3,4}(3.4.3.4)arccos (-3/3)125.264°
Icosidodecahedronr{3,5}(3.5.3.5)142.623°
Dodecadodecahedronr{5/2,5}(5.5/2.5.5/2)arccos (-5/5)116.565°
Great icosidodecahedronr{5/2,3}(3.5/2.3.5/2)37.377°
Ditrigonal polyhedra
Small ditrigonal icosidodecahedrona{5,3}(3.5/2.3.5/2.3.5/2)
Ditrigonal dodecadodecahedronb{5,5/2}(5.5/3.5.5/3.5.5/3)
Great ditrigonal icosidodecahedronc{3,5/2}(3.5.3.5.3.5)/2
Hemipolyhedra
Tetrahemihexahedrono{3,3}(3.4.3/2.4)arccos (3/3)54.736°
Cubohemioctahedrono{3,4}(4.6.4/3.6)arccos (3/3)54.736°
Octahemioctahedrono{4,3}(3.6.3/2.6)arccos (1/3)70.529°
Small dodecahemidodecahedrono{3,5}(5.10.5/4.10)26.058°
Small icosihemidodecahedrono{5,3}(3.10.3/2.10)arccos (-5/5)116.56°
Great dodecahemicosahedrono{5/2,5}(5.6.5/4.6)
Small dodecahemicosahedrono{5,5/2}(5/2.6.5/3.6)
Great icosihemidodecahedrono{5/2,3}(3.10/3.3/2.10/3)
Great dodecahemidodecahedrono{3,5/2}(5/2.10/3.5/3.10/3)
Quasiregular dual solids
Rhombic hexahedron
(Dual of tetratetrahedron)
V(3.3.3.3)arccos (0) = π/290°
Rhombic dodecahedron
(Dual of cuboctahedron)
V(3.4.3.4)arccos (-1/2) = 2π/3120°
Rhombic triacontahedron
(Dual of icosidodecahedron)
V(3.5.3.5)arccos (-5+1/4) = 4π/5144°
Medial rhombic triacontahedron
(Dual of dodecadodecahedron)
V(5.5/2.5.5/2)arccos (-1/2) = 2π/3120°
Great rhombic triacontahedron
(Dual of great icosidodecahedron)
V(3.5/2.3.5/2)arccos (5-1/4) = 2π/572°
Duals of the ditrigonal polyhedra
Small triambic icosahedron
(Dual of small ditrigonal icosidodecahedron)
V(3.5/2.3.5/2.3.5/2)
Medial triambic icosahedron
(Dual of ditrigonal dodecadodecahedron)
V(5.5/3.5.5/3.5.5/3)
Great triambic icosahedron
(Dual of great ditrigonal icosidodecahedron)
V(3.5.3.5.3.5)/2
Duals of the hemipolyhedra
Tetrahemihexacron
(Dual of tetrahemihexahedron)
V(3.4.3/2.4)ππ/290°
Hexahemioctacron
(Dual of cubohemioctahedron)
V(4.6.4/3.6)ππ/3120°
Octahemioctacron
(Dual of octahemioctahedron)
V(3.6.3/2.6)ππ/3120°
Small dodecahemidodecacron
(Dual of small dodecahemidodecacron)
V(5.10.5/4.10)ππ/5144°
Small icosihemidodecacron
(Dual of small icosihemidodecacron)
V(3.10.3/2.10)ππ/5144°
Great dodecahemicosacron
(Dual of great dodecahemicosahedron)
V(5.6.5/4.6)ππ/3120°
Small dodecahemicosacron
(Dual of small dodecahemicosahedron)
V(5/2.6.5/3.6)ππ/3120°
Great icosihemidodecacron
(Dual of great icosihemidodecacron)
V(3.10/3.3/2.10/3)π2π/572°
Great dodecahemidodecacron
(Dual of great dodecahemidodecacron)
V(5/2.10/3.5/3.10/3)π2π/572°

References

  • Coxeter, Regular Polytopes (1963), Macmillan Company
    • Regular Polytopes, (3rd edition, 1973), Dover edition, ISBN 0-486-61480-8 (Table I: Regular Polytopes, (i) The nine regular polyhedra {p,q} in ordinary space)
  • Williams, Robert (1979). The Geometrical Foundation of Natural Structure: A Source Book of Design. Dover Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-486-23729-X. (Section 3-7 to 3-9)
  • Weisstein, Eric W. "Uniform Polyhedron". MathWorld.