168 (number)

168 is the natural number following 167 and preceding 169.

In mathematics

168 is an even number, a composite number, and an abundant number.

There are 168 primes less than 1000. 168 is the product of the first two perfect numbers.

168 is the order of the group PSL(2,7), the second smallest nonabelian simple group.

From Hurwitz's automorphisms theorem, 168 is the maximum possible number of automorphisms of a genus 3 Riemann surface, this maximum being achieved by the Klein quartic, whose symmetry group is PSL(2,7). The Fano plane has 168 symmetries.

168 is the sum of four consecutive prime numbers: 37 + 41 + 43 + 47.

In astronomy

• 168P/Hergenrother is a periodic comet in our solar system
• 168 Sibylla is a dark Main belt asteroid

In geography

• The 168th meridian east and 168th meridian west

In the military

• USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168) is a United States Navy fleet tugboat
• USS Amick (DE-168) was a United States Navy Cannon class destroyer escort during World War II
• USS Charlevoix (AK-168) was a United States Navy Alamosa-class cargo ship during World War II
• USS Gage (APA-168) was a United States Navy Haskell-class attack transport during World War II
• USS Maddox (DD-168) was a United States Navy Wickes class destroyer during World War I
• USS Nautilus (SS-168) was a United States Navy Narwhal class submarine during World War II
• USS Southland (IX-168) was a United States Navy steamer during World War II
• USS War Hawk (AP-168) was a LaSalle Class transport during World War II

In movies

• The 168 Film Project in Los Angeles

In population

• Suriname ranks #168 in world population
• U.S. towns with a population of 168 in the 2000 census include:
  • Alden, Kansas
  • Bassett, Arkansas
  • Cedar, Nebraska
  • Clara Township, Pennsylvania
  • Dennison, Minnesota
  • Estelline, Texas
  • Ferris, Illinois
  • Hallett, Oklahoma
  • Hubbard, Wisconsin
  • Ithaca, Nebraska
  • Kettle River, Minnesota
  • La Feria North, Texas
  • Le Flore, Oklahoma
  • Logan, Nebraska
  • Lohman, Missouri
  • Morrowville, Kansas
  • New Baltimore, Pennsylvania
  • Pershing, Nebraska
  • Pickstown, South Dakota
  • Quitman, Louisiana
  • Shamrock Lakes, Indiana
  • Sidney, Indiana
  • Summit, Wisconsin
  • Twin Lakes, Minnesota

In transportation

• New York City Subway stations
  • 168th Street (New York City Subway); a subway station complex at 168th Street and Broadway consisting of:
    • 168th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line); serving the 1 train
    • 168th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line); serving the A C trains
  • 168th Street (BMT Jamaica Line); was the former terminal of the BMT Jamaica Line in Queens
• British Rail Class 168
• RATB route 168; a bus route in Romania
• VASP Flight 168 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Fortaleza; crashed on June 8, 1982

In TV and radio

• Channel 168 on Dish Network is Spike
• Channel 168 on Sirius XM Satellite Radio is Fox News Talk

In other fields

168 is also:

There are 168 pips on a double-six set of dominoes

• The year AD 168 or 168 BC
• 168 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 784 – 785 CE
• The number of hours in a week, or 7 x 24 hours
• In the game of dominoes, tiles are marked with a number of spots, or pips. The Double 6 set (28 tiles) totals 168 pips
• Tracy 168, a New York City graffiti artist
• Minuscule 168 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament
• Some Chinese consider 168 a lucky number, because it is roughly homophonous with the phrase "一路發", which means "fortune all the way"

See also

• List of highways numbered 168
• United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 168
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 168

References

• This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 168 (number).

• Number Facts and Trivia: 168
• The Number 168
• The Positive Integer 168
• Prime curiosities: 168