Template:Did you know nominations/Truncated icosahedron
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: rejected by reviewer, closed by Narutolovehinata5 talk 02:32, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
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Truncated icosahedron
The truncated icosahedron (left) compared with an association football
- ... that the football resembling a spherical truncated icosahedron was designed during the World Cup in 1970, but superseded in 2006?
- Source: Harland, Andy; Hanson, Henry (2016). "Soccer Ball Dynamics". In Strudwick, Tony (ed.). Soccer Science. Human Kinetics. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-4504-9679-7.
- ALT1: ... that the shape of a truncated icosahedron appeared as a configuration of the lenses used for focusing the explosive shock waves of the detonators in both the gadget and Fat Man atomic bombs? Source: Rhodes, Richard (1996). Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb. Touchstone Books. p. 195. ISBN 0-684-82414-0.
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Created by Dedhert.Jr (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Dedhert.Jr (talk) 13:16, 25 July 2024 (UTC).
Sorry, but to qualify for DYK, the article must have been recently created, expanded fivefold, or promoted to GA. Since the article is neither, it doesn't qualify. Perhaps try bringing this one to GA? Thanks — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 17:25, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
