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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal | fifty-three | |||
| Ordinal | 53rd (fifty-third)  | |||
| Factorization | prime | |||
| Prime | 16th | |||
| Divisors | 1, 53 | |||
| Greek numeral | ΝΓ´ | |||
| Roman numeral | LIII | |||
| Binary | 1101012 | |||
| Ternary | 12223 | |||
| Senary | 1256 | |||
| Octal | 658 | |||
| Duodecimal | 4512 | |||
| Hexadecimal | 3516 | |||
53 (fifty-three) is the natural number following 52 and preceding 54. It is the 16th prime number.
In mathematics
- Fifty-three is the 16th prime number. It is also an Eisenstein prime, an isolated prime, a balanced prime and a Sophie Germain prime.[1]
 - The sum of the first 53 primes is 5830, which is divisible by 53, a property shared by only a few other numbers.[2][3]
 - 53 cannot be expressed as the sum of any integer and its decimal digits, making 53 a self number.[4]
 - 53 is the smallest prime number that does not divide the order of any sporadic group.
 
In science
- The atomic number of iodine
 
Astronomy
- Messier object M53, a magnitude 8.5 globular cluster in the constellation Coma Berenices
 - The New General Catalogue object NGC 53, a magnitude 12.6 barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Tucana
 
In other fields
Fifty-three is:

Herbie film car used in the 1977 Disney film Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
- The racing number of Herbie, a fictional Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of his own, first appearing in the 1968 film The Love Bug
 - The code for international direct dial phone calls to Cuba
 - 53 Days is a northeastern US rock band
 - 53 Days a novel by Georges Perec
 - In How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and its animated TV special adaptation, the Grinch says he has put up with the Whos' Christmas cheer for 53 years.
 - Fictional 53rd Precinct in the Bronx was found in the TV comedy "Car 54, Where Are You?"
 - "53rd & 3rd" a song by the Ramones
 - The number of Hail Mary beads on a standard, five decade Catholic Rosary (the Dominican Rosary).[5]
 - The number of bytes in an Asynchronous Transfer Mode packet.
 - UDP and TCP port number for the Domain Name System protocol.
 - 53-TET (53 tone, equal temperament) is a musical temperament that has a fifth that is closer to pure than our current system.
 - 53 More Things To Do In Zero Gravity is a fictional book mentioned in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
 
Sports
- The maximum number of players on a National Football League roster
 - Most points by a rookie in an NBA playoff game, by Philadelphia's Wilt Chamberlain, 1960
 - Most field goals (three-game series, NBA playoffs), by Michael Jordan, 1992
 
See also
References
- ↑ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A005384 (Sophie Germain primes)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
 - ↑ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A045345 (Numbers n such that n divides sum of first n primes A007504(n).)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
 - ↑ Puzzle 31.- The Average Prime number, APN(k) = S(Pk)/k from The Prime Puzzles & Problems Connection website
 - ↑ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A003052 (Self numbers)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
 - ↑ "Rosary Workshop: Rosary - origin of rosary prayers".
 
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