59 (number)

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

Fifty-nine is the 17th prime number, and 7th super-prime. The next prime number is sixty-one, with which it comprises a twin prime.

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

• The atomic number of praseodymium, a lanthanide.

• 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.

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).^[2]
• 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"^[3] 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.