176 (number)

176 (one hundred [and] seventy-six) is the natural number following 175 and preceding 177.

In mathematics

176 is an even number and an abundant number. It is an odious number, a self number, and a semiperfect number, and a practical number

176 is a cake number, a happy number, a pentagonal number, and an octagonal number. 15 can be partitioned in 176 ways.

In astronomy

• 176 Iduna is a large main belt asteroid with a composition similar to that of the largest main belt asteroid, 1 Ceres
• Gliese 176 is a red dwarf star in the constellation of Taurus
• Gliese 176 b is a super-Earth exoplanet in the constellation of Taurus. This planet orbits close to its parent star Gliese 176

In the Bible

• Minuscule 176 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament

In the military

• Attack Squadron 176 United States Navy squadron during the Vietnam War
• USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) was a United States Navy troop transport during World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War
• USS Kershaw (APA-176) was a United States Navy Haskell-class attack transport during World War II
• USS Micka (DE-176) was a United States Navy Cannon class destroyer escort during World War II
• USS Perch (SS-176) was a United States Navy Porpoise-class submarine during World War II
• USS Peregrine (AG-176) was a United States Navy Auk-class minesweeper during World War II
• USS Renshaw (DD-176) was a United States Navy Wickes class destroyer following World War I
• USS Tonkawa (AT-176) was a United States Navy Sonoma-class fleet tug during World War II
• 176th Wing is the largest unit of the Alaska Air National Guard

In transportation

• Heinkel He 176 was a German rocket-powered aircraft
• London Buses route 176
• 176th Street, Bronx elevated station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway

In other fields

176 is also:

• The year AD 176 or 176 BC
• 176 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 792 – 793 CE
• The atomic number of an element temporarily called Unsepthexium

See also

• List of highways numbered 176
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 176
• United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 176

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 176 (number).

• Number Facts and Trivia: 176
• The Number 176
• The Positive Integer 176
• VirtueScience: 176
• Number Gossip: 176