Editing 24-cell (section)

===== 8-cell =====
Starting with a complete 24-cell, remove 8 orthogonal vertices (4 opposite pairs on 4 perpendicular axes), and the 8 edges which radiate from each, by cutting through 8 cubic cells bounded by {{sqrt|1}} edges to remove 8 [[cubic pyramid]]s whose [[Apex (geometry)|apexes]] are the vertices to be removed. This removes 4 edges from each hexagonal great circle (retaining just one opposite pair of edges), so no continuous hexagonal great circles remain. Now 3 perpendicular edges meet and form the corner of a cube at each of the 16 remaining vertices,{{Efn|The 24-cell's cubical vertex figure{{Efn|name=full size vertex figure}} has been truncated to a tetrahedral vertex figure (see [[#Relationships among interior polytopes|Kepler's drawing]]). The vertex cube has vanished, and now there are only 4 corners of the vertex figure where before there were 8. Four tesseract edges converge from the tetrahedron vertices and meet at its center, where they do not cross (since the tetrahedron does not have opposing vertices).|name=|group=}} and the 32 remaining edges divide the surface into 24 square faces and 8 cubic cells: a [[tesseract]]. There are three ways you can do this (choose a set of 8 orthogonal vertices out of 24), so there are three such tesseracts inscribed in the 24-cell.{{Efn|name=three 8-cells}} They overlap with each other, but most of their element sets are disjoint: they share some vertex count, but no edge length, face area, or cell volume.{{Efn|name=vertex-bonded octahedra}} They do share 4-content, their common core.{{Efn||name=common core|group=}}