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86 (number)
86 is the natural number following 85 and preceding 87
| Cardinal | eighty-six |
| Ordinal | 86th (eighty-sixth) |
| Factorization |
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| Roman numeral | LXXXVI |
| Binary | 01010110 |
| Hexadecimal | 56 |
In mathematics
86 is a nontotient, a noncototient and a self number.
In astronomy
- Messier object M86, a magnitude 11.0 lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo
- The New General Catalogue object NGC 86 , a galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
- The Saros number of
- the solar eclipse series which began on -69 April 6 and ended on 11931 May 2. The duration of Saros series 86 was 1262.1 years, and it contained 71 solar eclipses.
- the lunar eclipse series which began on -74 July 13 and ended on 1224 August 30. The duration of Saros series 86 was 1298.1 years, and it contained 73 lunar eclipses.
In other fields
Eighty-six is also:
- the atomic number of radon
- the model number of F-86 Sabre and Ilyushin Il-86 aircraft
- the model number of CPM-86 operating system
- part of the model number of the X86 microprocessors
- used as a verb, to "eighty-six" means to "ignore" or "get rid of". This may originally be Cockney rhyming slang for the word "nix".
- In the TV series Get Smart, the principal character Maxwell Smart was known as Agent 86.
- the name of the band The Eighty-Six
- the number of the French department Vienne
- the designation of two highways named Interstate 86, one in Idaho and the other in Pennsylvania and New York.
- the code for international direct dial phone calls to China
- One of five ISBN Group Identifiers for books published in Serbia and Montenegro
- Used to refer to the popular Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno
- The year AD 86, 86 BC, or 1986.
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