59 (fifty-nine) is the natural number following 58 and preceding 60.
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.
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.
The atomic number of praseodymium, a lanthanideMessier object M59, a magnitude 11.5 galaxy in the constellation VirgoThe New General Catalogue object NGC 59, a magnitude 12.4 spiral galaxy in the constellation CetusThe Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began in June, 1031 BC June and ended in July, 249 AD. 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 in March, 729 BC and ended in May, 569 AD. The duration of Saros series 59 was 1298.1 years, and it contained 73 lunar eclipses.Beethoven's Opus 59 consists of the three so-called Razumovsky Quartets59, an album by Puffy AmiYumiThe 1960s song "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" was popularized by Simon & Garfunkel and Harpers BizarreThe '59 Sound, an album by The Gaslight Anthem; includes the song of the same nameThe album 14:59 by Sugar Ray.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 SetzerSatchel Paige became the oldest major league baseball player at age 5959 is the lowest golf score in a single round on the LPGA Tour by Annika Sörenstam, and on the Champions Tour by Kevin Sutherland.Fifty-nine is:
The number corresponding to the last minute in a given hour, and the last second in a given minuteThe designation of Interstate 59, a freeway that runs between Louisiana and GeorgiaThe designation of US-59, a highway between Minnesota and TexasApproximately the number of days in two lunar monthsThe Queensboro Bridge in New York City is also known as the 59th Street BridgeCentral Park South is on 59th Street in New York CityThe 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 dollarArt 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 59In amateur radio, a perfect signal reportFive Nine, an amateur radio magazine published in JapanThe number of the French department NordIn the UK, the bingo nickname for 59 is "The Brighton Line", after the London, Brighton & South Coast RailwayA over-sized 59 is on the top of Dill's MustardIn the Smash Run challenge in Super Smash for the 3DS, the timer, which counts down from five minutes, turns from blue to red when only 59 seconds remain.
