43 (number) Totally Explained

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43 (forty-three) is the natural number following 42 and preceding 44.


Cardinal	43 forty-three
Ordinal	43rd forty-third
Factorization	prime
Divisors	1, 43
Roman numeral	XLIII
Binary	101011
Hexadecimal	2B

In mathematics

Forty-three is the 14th smallest prime number. The previous is forty-one, with which it comprises a twin prime, and the next is forty-seven. 43 is the smallest prime that isn't a Chen prime. It is also the third Wagstaff prime.
   43 is the fourth term of Sylvester's sequence, one more than the product of the previous terms (2 × 3 × 7).
   43 is a centered heptagonal number.
   Let a(0) = a(1) = 1, and thenceforth a(n) = (a(0)² + a(1)² + ... + a(n-1)²) / (n-1). This sequence continues 1 1 2 3 5 10 28 154... . Amazingly, a(43) is the first term of this sequence that isn't an integer.
   43 is a Heegner number.
   43 is a repdigit in base 6 (111).
   43 is the largest natural number that isn't an (original) McNugget number.
   This is the smallest number, which draws up as sum of 2,3,4,5 different primes: 43=41+2 43=11+13+19 43=2+11+13+17 43=3+5+7+11+17. The following date magic square illustrates the magic constant as the sum of four primes:

4	15	17	7
5	19	13	6
20	9	2	12
14	0	11	18

In science

The chemical element with the atomic number 43 is technetium. It has the lowest atomic number of any element that doesn't possess stable isotopes.

Astronomy

Messier object M43, a magnitude 7.0 H II region in the constellation of Orion, a part of the Orion Nebula, and also sometimes known as de Mairan's Nebula

The New General Catalogue object

NGC 43, a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

The Saros number

of the solar eclipse series which began on April 29, 1513 BC and ended on June 5, 233 BC . The duration of Saros series 43 was 1280.1 years, and it contained 72 solar eclipses.

The Saros number

of the lunar eclipse series which began on August 27, 1482 BC and ended on March 15, 70. The duration of Saros series 43 was 1550.5 years, and it contained 87 lunar eclipses.

In sports

In professional sports in the United States, the jersey number 43 has been retired for Jim Norton of Tennessee (NFL) and Dennis Eckersley of the Oakland Athletics.

The number for Richard Petty's NASCAR race car when he won his 7 Winston Cup Championships. He also won 200 races in his career, 95% of them in the famous #43.

The number worn by Derby County Goalkeeper Stephen Bywater in memory of his ex-goalkeeping coach Les Sealey who died at the age of 43 in 2001. Mad Magazine created the game 43-Man Squamish.

The number of consecutive district titles trying to be won by St. Francis de Sales of Toledo Ohio (a national record in any high school sport). Pittsburgh Steelers DB Troy Polumalu wears 43

Skateboarders in San Francisco noticed that the number 43 appears everywhere for them in the early 80's. On receipts, credit card numbers, hotel rooms, bar codes, phone numbers, newspaper articles, events, the time of day, license plates or anything that had some kind of number on it. The number spread through to the rest of California and the East Coast. (Reference: Issue #43: The Skateboard Mag) Houston Astros Pitcher Chris Sampson wears 43

In other fields

Forty-three is:

The designation of Interstate 43, a freeway in Wisconsin.

The code for direct dial international phone calls to Austria.

The number 43 has been adopted by the online community as a representation of organization: 43things.com.

The number of different herbs and spices contained in the Spanish liqueur Licor 43.

The album Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd is exactly 43 minutes long.

George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States

Historical years

43 A.D., 43 B.C., 1943, 2043, etc.

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