Tumbling Bucky Ball

A MATLAB® function that displays Bucky Ball (Fullerene) tumbling in space.

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The Bucky Ball consists of pentagons and hexagons. This program displays the edges tumbling slowly in space. It requires file 10237 (perms.m)

Cite As

Bill McKeeman (2026). Tumbling Bucky Ball (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/10329-tumbling-bucky-ball), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired by: perms

Inspired: Tumbling Carbon chain molecule Stand-Alone conversion

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.2.0.1

Updated license

1.2.0.0

small change to presentation page, no change to software

1.1.0.0

Fix problem with 2009a, follow some MLINT advice

1.0.0.0