55 (number)

55 (fifty-five) is the natural number following 54 and preceding 56.

Mathematics[]

55 is

• a triangular number (the sum of the consecutive numbers 1 to 10), and a doubly triangular number.^[1]
• the 10th Fibonacci number.^[2] It is the largest Fibonacci number to also be a triangular number.

• a square pyramidal number (the sum of the squares of the integers 1 to 5)^[3] as well as a heptagonal number,^[4] and a centered nonagonal number.^[5]

• In base 10, it is a Kaprekar number.^[6]

Science[]

• The atomic number of caesium.

Astronomy[]

• Messier object M55, a magnitude 7.0 globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius
• The New General Catalogue object NGC 55, a magnitude 7.9 barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor

Music[]

• The name of a song by Kasabian. The song was released as a B side to Club Foot and was recorded live when the band performed at London's Brixton Academy.
• "I Can't Drive 55", a song by Sammy Hagar
• "Ol' '55", a song by Tom Waits
• Ol' 55 (band), an Australian rock band.
• Primer 55 an American band
• Station 55, an album released in 2005 by Cristian Vogel
• 55 Cadillac, an album by Andrew W.K.

Transportation[]

• In the United States, the National Maximum Speed Law prohibited speed limits higher than 55 miles per hour (90 km/h) from 1974 to 1987

Film[]

• 55 Days at Peking a film starring Charlton Heston and David Niven

Years[]

• AD 55
• 55 BC
• 1755
• 1855
• 1955

Other uses[]

• Gazeta 55, an Albanian newspaper
• Agitation and Propaganda against the State, also known as Constitution law 55, a law during Communist Albania.
• The code for international direct dial phone calls to Brazil
• A 55-gallon drum for containing oil, etc.
• The Élysée, the official residency of the French Republic president, which address is 55 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré in Paris.
• The number of the laps of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

See also[]

• 55th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation)
• Channel 55 (disambiguation)
• Type 55 (disambiguation)
• Class 55 (disambiguation)
• List of highways numbered 55

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