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Earth and Moon once were a single body.

There are several ways of developing the surface of a polyhedron into a single connected sheet. There are also several ways of dissecting into multiple flakes. Then, is there a way to dissect the surface of a polyhedron into multiple developments of smaller polyhedra?

 

Here is an example.

 

1. Build a cube from this development.

2. Dissect the surface along the white lines.

3. You will get two developments. A large cubic Earth and a small Moon!!!

 

See www2.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/theochem/wiki/wiki.cgi/matto?pag... for more examples.

 

Getting multiple developments from single polyhedron is a very hard puzzle. Try it!

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Taken on July 20, 2008