Prisms & Antiprisms

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(Uniform #77) Hexagonal Antiprism
Vertices:  12  (12[4])
Faces:14  (12 equilateral triangles + 2 regular hexagons)
Edges:24
Symmetry:  6-fold Antiprismatic  (D6v)
Hexagon-Triangle Angle:  acos(−(2*sqrt(3)−3)/3)    ≈98.899428880 degrees
Triangle-Triangle Angle:  acos(−(2*sqrt(3)−1)/3)    ≈145.221891332 degrees
Dual Solid:  Hexagonal Trapezohedron
(values below based on edge length = 1)
Circumscribed Radius:  sqrt(3+sqrt(3))/2    ≈1.0876638735805374369
Midscribed Radius:  (sqrt(2)+sqrt(6))/4    ≈0.9659258262890682867497
Hexagon Center Radius:  sqrt(sqrt(3)−1)/2    ≈0.42779983858367609648
Triangle Center Radius:  sqrt(3*(5+3*sqrt(3)))/6    ≈0.92178054251480378601
Volume:sqrt(2*(1+sqrt(3)))    ≈2.33754178896073526154


References:[1]Johannes Kepler, Harmonices Mundi (1619).
[2]Johannes Kepler with E. J. Aiton, A. M. Duncan,
and J. V. Field, translators, The Harmony of the World,
American Philosophical Society (1997).