- 139 (number)
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139 Cardinal one hundred [and] thirty-nine Ordinal 139th
(one hundred [and] thirty-ninth)Factorization prime Prime 34th Divisors 1, 139 Roman numeral CXXXIX Binary 100010112 Octal 2138 Duodecimal B712 Hexadecimal 8B16 139 (One hundred [and] thirty-nine) is the natural number following 138 and preceding 140.
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In mathematics
One hundred [and] thirty-nine is the 34th prime number, so it is divisible only by itself and 1. It is a twin prime with 137. Because 141 is a semiprime, 139 is a Chen prime. 139 is the smallest prime before a prime gap of length 10.[1]
This number is the sum of five consecutive prime numbers (19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37).
It is the smallest factor of 64079, the smallest composite Lucas number with a prime index. It is also the smallest factor of the first nine terms of the Euclid–Mullin sequence, making it the tenth term.
139 is a strictly non-palindromic number.
In the military
- RUM-139 VL-ASROC is a United States Navy ASROC anti-submarine missile
- USS Agent (AM-139) was a United States Navy Admirable class minesweeper during World War II
- USS Broadwater (APA-139) was a United States Navy Haskell-class attack transport during World War II
- USS Farquhar (DE-139) was a United States Navy destroyer during World War II
- USS General R. E. Callan (AP-139) was a United States Navy transport ship during World War I and World War II
- USS Octorara (IX-139) was a tanker loaned to the Soviet Union during World War II, then returned to the United States in 1944
- USS Pavo (AK-139) was a United States Navy cargo ship during World War II
- USS Salem (CA-139) was a United States Navy Des Moines-class heavy cruiser following World War II
- USS Ward (DD-139) was a United States Navy Wickes-class destroyer during World War II
In sports
- In the Australian Football League, the margin in St Kilda's win over the Brisbane Lions in the last round of the 2005 season. Also the margin in Essendon's record-breaking victory over the Gold Coast in round 6, 2011.
- The all-time record number of rugby union international appearances made by Australia scrum-half George Gregan
- The 139th Belmont Stakes was won by Rags to Riches on June 9, 2007
- MLB pitcher Brian Meadows gave up 139 career home runs from 1998 to 2006
In television
- The TV series Your Show of Shows ran on NBC from 1950 to 1954 with 139 episodes
- The TV series I Dream of Jeannie ran on NBC from 1965 to 1970 with 139 episodes
- The TV series CHiPs ran on NBC from 1977 to 1983 with 139 episodes
- The TV series MacGyver ran on ABC from 1985 to 1992 with 139 episodes
- The TV series 3rd Rock from the Sun ran on NBC from 1996 to 2001 with 139 episodes
In transportation
- British Rail Class 139 is the TOPS classification assigned to the lightweight railcars by London Midland on the Stourbridge Town Branch Line
- State Route 139 is a California state highway
- Fiat M139 platform is the next-generation premium rear wheel drive automobile platform from Fiat
- London Buses route 139 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London
- M-139 is a state highway route in Michigan
- New Jersey Route 139 is a state highway in Jersey City, New Jersey which leads to the Holland Tunnel
- Quebec Route 139 on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River
- American Airlines Flight 1420, Dallas-Fort Worth to Little Rock, with 139 passengers, overshot the runway and crashed on June 1, 1999
In other fields
139 is also:
- The year AD 139 or 139 BC
- 139 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 756 – 757 CE.
- 139 Juewa is a large and dark Main belt asteroid discovered in 1874
- The atomic number of Untriennium, an unsynthesized chemical element
- Gull Lake No. 139 is a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Sonnet 139 by William Shakespeare
- Oman ranks #139 in world population
- 139 Rb Gahhie is a village in Chak Jhumra Tehsil in the Punjab province of Pakistan
- Operation Entebbe, a counter-terrorism hostage-rescue mission, was carried out by the Israel Defense Force (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda following the hijacking of Air France Air France Flight 139 in 1976
- Miss 139 was a 1921 film starring Diana Allen and Marc McDermott
- Strivers' Row on 139th Street in Manhattan, New York City
- The barbershop quartet named 139th Street Quartet
- Motorola C139 model cellphone
- 139 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 1998[2]
See also
- List of highways numbered 139
- M139
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 139
- United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 139
External links
References
- ^ Wells, D. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers London: Penguin Group. (1987): 139
- ^ http://copscoalition.us
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