54 (fifty-four) is the

natural number In mathematics, the natural numbers are those numbers used for counting (as in "there are ''six'' coins on the table") and ordering (as in "this is the ''third'' largest city in the country"). Numbers used for counting are called '' cardinal ...

following 53 and preceding 55.

In mathematics

* 54 is an abundant number and a semiperfect number, like all other multiples of 6. * It is twice the

third power Third Power was an American psychedelic hard rock band from Detroit, Michigan, who released one album in 1970. The group was formed in 1969, and became a prominent local club band before signing to Vanguard Records.Leyland number In number theory, a Leyland number is a number of the form :x^y + y^x where ''x'' and ''y'' are integers greater than 1. They are named after the mathematician Paul Leyland. The first few Leyland numbers are : 8, 17, 32, 54, 57, 100, 145, 17 ...

. * 54 can be written as the sum of three squares in three different ways: = = = 54. It is the smallest number with this property. * It is a 19- gonal number, *In base 10, 54 is a Harshad number. *The Holt graph has 54 edges. *The sine of an angle of 54 degrees is half the golden ratio. *The number of primes <= 2⁸. *A Lehmer-Comtet number.

In science

*The

atomic number The atomic number or nuclear charge number (symbol ''Z'') of a chemical element is the charge number of an atomic nucleus. For ordinary nuclei, this is equal to the proton number (''n''p) or the number of protons found in the nucleus of ever ...

xenon Xenon is a chemical element with the symbol Xe and atomic number 54. It is a dense, colorless, odorless noble gas found in Earth's atmosphere in trace amounts. Although generally unreactive, it can undergo a few chemical reactions such as the ...

is 54.

Astronomy

* Messier object M54, a magnitude 8.5 globular cluster in the

constellation A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object. The origins of the earliest constellation ...

Sagittarius * The New General Cataloguebr>object

NGC 54 NGC 54 is an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel in 1886, and he defined it as "very faint, pretty small, round." The galaxy is 90,000 light years in diameter, making it slightly smal ...

, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus * The number of years in three Saros cycles of

eclipses An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object or spacecraft is temporarily obscured, by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer. This alignment of three ce ...

of the sun and moon is known as a Triple Saros or ''

exeligmos An exeligmos ( el, ἐξελιγμός — ''turning of the wheel'') is a period of 54 years, 33 days that can be used to predict successive eclipses with similar properties and location. For a solar eclipse, after every exeligmos a solar eclipse of ...

'' ('' Greek'': "turn of the wheel").

In sports

* Fewest points in an NBA playoff game: Chicago (96), Utah (54), June 7, 1998 * The

New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its ho ...

won the

Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...

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, 54 years after their previous Cup win. It is the longest drought in the trophy's history. * For years car number 54 was driven by

NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and ...

's Lennie Pond. More recently, it is known as the Nationwide Series car number for

Kyle Busch Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Richard Childress Racing and part-tim ...

. * A score of 54 on a par 72 course in

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

is colloquially referred to as a

perfect round This article lists the lowest rounds of golf. In professional competition a round of 59 or less is regarded as a significant achievement. In men's major championships the lowest round is 62 by Branden Grace at the 2017 Open Championship. The lowe ...

. This score has never been achieved in competition. * The number used when a player is defeated 3 games in a row in racquetball. Rubiks cube by keqs

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In other fields

54 is also: * +54 The code for international direct dial phone calls to Argentina *A broadcast television channel number *'' 54'', a 1998 film about

Studio 54 Studio 54 is a Broadway theater and a former disco nightclub at 254 West 54th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Operated by the Roundabout Theatre Company, Studio 54 has 1,006 seats on two levels. The theater w ...

starring Ryan Phillippe, Mike Myers, and Salma Hayek *'' 54'', a novel by the Wu Ming collective of authors *In the title of a

1960s File:1960s montage.png, Clockwise from top left: U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War; the Beatles led the British Invasion of the U.S. music market; a half-a-million people participate in the 1969 Woodstock Festival; Neil Armstrong and Buzz ...

television show A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed b ...

'' Car 54, Where Are You?'' *The number of the French department Meurthe-et-Moselle *New York's

Warwick New York Hotel The Warwick New York is a luxury hotel at 65 West 54th Street, near Sixth Avenue, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Constructed between 1925 and 1927, it is owned by Warwick Hotels and Resorts. Architecture The 36-floor Renaissance Revival ...

is on West

54th Street 54th Street is a two-mile-long (3.2 km), one-way street traveling west to east across Midtown Manhattan. Notable places, west to east Twelfth Avenue *The route begins at Twelfth Avenue (New York Route 9A). Opposite the intersection is the Ne ...

*The number of cards in a deck of

playing card A playing card is a piece of specially prepared card stock, heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic that is marked with distinguishing motifs. Often the front (face) and back of each card has a f ...

s, if two jokers are included *The number of countries in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

*Year identifier used on motor vehicles registered in the UK between 1 September 2004 and 28 February 2005 *Six by nine, the incorrect Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything

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