139 (number)

← 138 140 → 139
← 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 → List of numbers — Integers ← 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 →
Cardinal	one hundred [and] thirty-nine
Ordinal	139th (one hundred [and] thirty-ninth)
Factorization	prime
Prime	34th
Divisors	1, 139
Roman numeral	CXXXIX
Binary	100010112
Octal	2138
Duodecimal	B712
Hexadecimal	8B16

139 (One hundred [and] thirty-nine) is the natural number following 138 and preceding 140.

Contents 1 In mathematics 2 In the military 3 In sports 4 In television 5 In transportation 6 In other fields 7 See also 8 External links 9 References

In mathematics

One hundred [and] thirty-nine is the 34th prime number, so it is divisible only by itself and 1. It is a twin prime with 137. Because 141 is a semiprime, 139 is a Chen prime. 139 is the smallest prime before a prime gap of length 10.^[1]

This number is the sum of five consecutive prime numbers (19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37).

It is the smallest factor of 64079, the smallest composite Lucas number with a prime index. It is also the smallest factor of the first nine terms of the Euclid–Mullin sequence, making it the tenth term.

139 is a strictly non-palindromic number.

In the military

• RUM-139 VL-ASROC is a United States Navy ASROC anti-submarine missile
• USS Agent (AM-139) was a United States Navy Admirable class minesweeper during World War II
• USS Broadwater (APA-139) was a United States Navy Haskell-class attack transport during World War II
• USS Farquhar (DE-139) was a United States Navy destroyer during World War II
• USS General R. E. Callan (AP-139) was a United States Navy transport ship during World War I and World War II
• USS Octorara (IX-139) was a tanker loaned to the Soviet Union during World War II, then returned to the United States in 1944
• USS Pavo (AK-139) was a United States Navy cargo ship during World War II
• USS Salem (CA-139) was a United States Navy Des Moines-class heavy cruiser following World War II
• USS Ward (DD-139) was a United States Navy Wickes-class destroyer during World War II

In sports

• In the Australian Football League, the margin in St Kilda's win over the Brisbane Lions in the last round of the 2005 season. Also the margin in Essendon's record-breaking victory over the Gold Coast in round 6, 2011.
• The all-time record number of rugby union international appearances made by Australia scrum-half George Gregan
• The 139th Belmont Stakes was won by Rags to Riches on June 9, 2007
• MLB pitcher Brian Meadows gave up 139 career home runs from 1998 to 2006

In television

• The TV series Your Show of Shows ran on NBC from 1950 to 1954 with 139 episodes
• The TV series I Dream of Jeannie ran on NBC from 1965 to 1970 with 139 episodes
• The TV series CHiPs ran on NBC from 1977 to 1983 with 139 episodes
• The TV series MacGyver ran on ABC from 1985 to 1992 with 139 episodes
• The TV series 3rd Rock from the Sun ran on NBC from 1996 to 2001 with 139 episodes

In transportation

• British Rail Class 139 is the TOPS classification assigned to the lightweight railcars by London Midland on the Stourbridge Town Branch Line
• State Route 139 is a California state highway
• Fiat M139 platform is the next-generation premium rear wheel drive automobile platform from Fiat
• London Buses route 139 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London
• M-139 is a state highway route in Michigan
• New Jersey Route 139 is a state highway in Jersey City, New Jersey which leads to the Holland Tunnel
• Quebec Route 139 on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River
• American Airlines Flight 1420, Dallas-Fort Worth to Little Rock, with 139 passengers, overshot the runway and crashed on June 1, 1999

In other fields

139 is also:

• The year AD 139 or 139 BC
• 139 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 756 – 757 CE.
• 139 Juewa is a large and dark Main belt asteroid discovered in 1874
• The atomic number of Untriennium, an unsynthesized chemical element
• Gull Lake No. 139 is a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada
• Sonnet 139 by William Shakespeare
• Oman ranks #139 in world population
• 139 Rb Gahhie is a village in Chak Jhumra Tehsil in the Punjab province of Pakistan
• Operation Entebbe, a counter-terrorism hostage-rescue mission, was carried out by the Israel Defense Force (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda following the hijacking of Air France Air France Flight 139 in 1976
• Miss 139 was a 1921 film starring Diana Allen and Marc McDermott
• Strivers' Row on 139th Street in Manhattan, New York City
• The barbershop quartet named 139th Street Quartet
• Motorola C139 model cellphone
• 139 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 1998^[2]

See also

• List of highways numbered 139
• M139
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 139
• United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 139

External links

• International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139
• Psalm 139

References

1. ^ Wells, D. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers London: Penguin Group. (1987): 139
2. ^ http://copscoalition.us