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Cardinal	fifty-nine
Ordinal	59th (fifty-ninth)
Factorization	prime
Divisors	1, 59
Roman numeral	LIX
Binary	1110112
Octal	738
Duodecimal	4B12
Hexadecimal	3B16

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

Contents 1 In mathematics 2 In science 2.1 Astronomy 3 In religion 4 In music 5 In sports 6 In other fields 7 Historical years 8 Notes

[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 the 14th supersingular prime. It is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3n − 1. Since 15! + 1 is divisible by 59 but 59 is not one more than a multiple of 15, 59 is a Pillai prime.

It is also a highly cototient number.

There are 59 stellations of the icosahedron.^[1]

59 is one of the factors that divides the smallest composite Euclid number.
In this case 59 divides the Euclid number 13#+1=2*3*5*7*11*13+1=59*509

[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 religion

• And with Him are the keys of the unseen treasures-- none knows them but He; and He knows what is in the land and the sea, and there falls not a leaf but He knows it, nor a grain in the darkness of the earth, nor anything green nor dry but (it is all) in a clear book. (Al-An'am Surah, 59)

[edit] In music

• Beethoven's Opus 59 consists of the three so-called Razumovsky Quartets.
• 59, an album by Puffy AmiYumi
• The 1960s song "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" was popularized by Simon & Garfunkel and Harpers Bizarre
• The '59 Sound, an album by The Gaslight Anthem
• The album 14:59 by Sugar Ray

[edit] In sports

• Nascar Driver Marcos Ambrose drives car #59
• Satchel Paige became the oldest major league baseball player at age 59
• 59 is a magical golf score achieved on the PGA Tour by Al Geiberger, Chip Beck and David Duval and on the LPGA Tour by Annika Sörenstam.
• Lowest score recorded at MGC invitational in Branson, MO

[edit] In other fields

Fifty-nine is:

• The number corresponding to the last minute in a given hour, and the last second in a given minute
• 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 Queensboro Bridge in New York City is also known as the 59th Street Bridge
• Central Park South is on 59th Street in New York CIty
• Daniel Defoe wrote his first novel, The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe at age 59
• Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross at age 59
• The number on a button commonly worn by feminist activists in the 1970s; this was based on the claim that a woman earned 59 cents to an equally qualified man's dollar
• Art Project 59's '59 Seconds Video Festival'^[2] at 59 Franklin Street, showed 59 videos to 59 different audiences, each 59 seconds long and incorporating the number 59
• Five Nine, an amateur radio magazine published in Japan
• The number of the French department Nord
• In the UK, the bingo nickname for 59 is 'The Brighton Line', after the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway
• John Swartzwelder is popularly known for writing "59" episodes of The Simpsons cartoon series, which is the most for any writer on the show

[edit] Historical years

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

[edit] Notes

1. ^ H. S. M. Coxeter, P. Du Val, H. T. Flather, and J. F. Petrie. The Fifty-Nine Icosahedra.
2. ^ 59 Seconds Video Festival