59 (number)

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59 (fifty-nine) is the natural number following 58 and preceding 60.

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Cardinal	59 fifty-nine
Ordinal	59th fifty-ninth
Factorization	prime
Divisors	1, 59
Roman numeral	LIX
Binary	111011
Hexadecimal	3B

Contents 1 In mathematics 2 In science 2.1 Astronomy 3 In music 4 In other fields 5 Historical years

[edit] In mathematics

Fifty-nine is the 17th smallest prime number. The next is sixty-one, with which it comprises a twin prime. 59 is an irregular prime, a safe prime and a supersingular prime. It is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3n − 1. It is also a highly cototient number.

There are 59 stellations of the icosahedron. These are discussed in H. S. M. Coxeter, P. Du Val, H. T. Flather, and J. F. Petrie's book The Fifty-Nine Icosahedra.

[edit] In science

• The atomic number of praseodymium, a lanthanide

[edit] Astronomy

• Messier object M59, a magnitude 11.5 galaxy in the constellation Virgo

• The New General Catalogue object NGC 59, a magnitude 12.4 spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

• The Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began on 1031 BC June 19 and ended on 249 July 27. The duration of Saros series 59 was 1280.1 years, and it contained 72 solar eclipses.

• The Saros number of the lunar eclipse series which began on 729 BC March 30 and ended on 569 May 16. The duration of Saros series 59 was 1298.1 years, and it contained 73 lunar eclipses.

[edit] In music

• Beethoven's Opus 59 consists of the three so-called Razumovsky Quartets.
• 59, an album by Puffy AmiYumi

[edit] In other fields

Fifty-nine is:

• The designation of Interstate 59, a freeway that runs from Louisiana to Georgia
• The designation of US-59, a highway between Minnesota and Texas
• Approximately the number of days in two lunar months
• The model number of the Texas Instruments TI-59 calculator, one of the first programmable calculators
• The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge
• The 1960's song "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" was popularized by Simon and Garfunkel and Harpers Bizarre

[edit] Historical years

59 A.D., 59 B.C., 1959, 2059, etc.