59 (number)

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Cardinal	fifty-nine
Ordinal	59th (fifty-ninth)
Factorization	prime
Prime	17th
Divisors	1, 59
Greek numeral	ΝΘ´
Roman numeral	LIX
Binary	1110112
Ternary	20123
Senary	1356
Octal	738
Duodecimal	4B12
Hexadecimal	3B16

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

In mathematics

• 59 is the 17th prime number, and 7th super-prime.
• The next prime number is 61, making 59 and 61 twin primes.

In science

• The atomic number of praseodymium, a lanthanide is 59.

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.

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; includes the song of the same name
• The album 14:59 by Sugar Ray
• "11:59", a song by Blondie from Parallel Lines
• .59 is a song by djTAKA from beatmania IIDX 2nd Style and Dance Dance Revolution 4thMIX
• '59 is the sixth track on the album Ignition! by Brian Setzer
• 59 is an area code of Andheri, Mumbai. Used by Vivian Divine in various songs with Gully Gang.

In sports

• Satchel Paige became the oldest Major League Baseball player at age 59.
• 59 is the lowest golf score in a single round on the LPGA Tour by Annika Sörenstam, and on the Champions Tour by Kevin Sutherland.

In other fields

See also: List of highways numbered 59

The TI-59 was a programmable calculator (1977).

Fifty-nine is:

• The number corresponding to the last minute in a given hour, and the last second in a given minute
• The number of beads on a Roman Catholic rosary (Dominican).
• Approximately the number of days in two lunar months
• The Queensboro Bridge in New York City is also known as the 59th Street Bridge
• 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" at 59 Franklin Street, showed 59 videos to 59 different audiences, each 59 seconds long and incorporating the number 59
• In amateur radio, a perfect signal report
  • Five Nine, an amateur radio magazine published in Japan
• The number of the French department Nord
• The "59-minute rule" is an informal rule in business, whereby (usually near a holiday) employees may be allowed to leave work early, often to beat heavy holiday traffic (the 59 minutes coming from the rule that leaving one full hour early requires the use of leave, whereas leaving 59 minutes early would not)
• 59th Street Food Company - a store brand offering mainly convenience foods. It is owned by Parkland Corporation and is sold at their convenience stores/fuel stations.