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88 (eighty-eight) is the natural number following 87 and preceding 89.

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Cardinal	88 eighty-eight
Ordinal	88th eighty-eighth
Factorization	<math> 2^3 \cdot 11 </math>
Divisors	1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88
Roman numeral	LXXXVIII
Binary	01011000
Hexadecimal	58

[edit] In mathematics

Eighty-eight is a symmetrical or palindromic number, a primitive semiperfect number, a refactorable number and an untouchable number. It is also a 16-gonal number.

[edit] In astronomy

• The number of constellations in the sky as defined by the International Astronomical Union
• Messier object M88, a magnitude 11.0 spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices
• The New General Catalogue object NGC 88, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix, and a member of Robert's Quartet
• The Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began on -246 October 6 and ended on 1233 March 12. The duration of Saros series 88 was 1478.4 years, and it contained 83 solar eclipses. Further, the Saros number of the lunar eclipse series which began on 38 July 5 and ended on 1336 August 23. The duration of Saros series 88 was 1298.1 years, and it contained 73 lunar eclipses.

[edit] In other fields

Eighty-eight may also be:

• the jersey number of several superstar athletes:
  • Dallas Stars forward Eric Lindros, who has worn it with the Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs.
  • Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez.
  • Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison.
  • former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin.
  • former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver and Pennsylvania Gubernatorial candidate Lynn Swann.
• a popular ice cream bar manufactured by GB Glace as part of their Nogger product line.
• the atomic number of radium
• the number of keys on a piano (36 black and 52 white)
• in the title of the songs:
  • "Rocket 88"
  • "88 Lines About 44 Women" by the musical group The Nails
  • "88" by the Canadian punk band Sum 41 on their 2004 album, Chuck.

• the model number of the Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight automobile and the AGM-88 HARM missile
• the caliber of the 88 mm anti-aircraft gun used in World War II, commonly known as 88 (acht-acht in German)
• the number of the French department Vosges
• the designation of two freeways named Interstate 88: one in Illinois and the other in New York
• the town of Eighty Eight, Kentucky
• used
  • in sexual parlance to describe oral sex performed twice (ate twice)
  • in online chatting by Chinese people when saying "bye bye", since the number 8 in Chinese is pronounced "ba"
  • in neo-nazi circles, as a representation of the abbreviation HH = Heil Hitler (notably in Column 88 and Unit 88) [1]
  • in hip hop, in the case of which 88 = HH = hiphop
  • in amateur radio for "hugs and kisses"
• in Star Wars, part of the name of the four IG-88 robots
• in Kill Bill, the name of O-Ren Ishii's Army, the Crazy 88
• the ISBN Group Identifier for books published in Italy and Switzerland
• in miles per hour, the speed the DeLorean automobile must attain in order to travel in time, in the Back to the Future trilogy
• in the TV series Black Books (Series 2, Episode 2: "Fever"), the temperature (presumably in fahrenheit) above which Manny's case of Dave's Syndrome will trigger. This is suspected to be a parody of the use of the number 88 in the Back to the Future trilogy (See preceding point)
• the number of Athena's saints (knights) in Saint Seiya (Knights of the Zodiac)
• the number on Dale Jarrett's NASCAR racecar in 1999, the year he won the Winston Cup Championship
• the number of floors of Petronas Towers, as of 2005 the world's tallest twin buildings
• in Bingo, 88 is known as "Two Fat Ladies"
• the year AD 88, 88 BC, or 1988
• The 88, a power pop band from Los Angeles
• 88, or 886 means "bye-bye" and is widely known and used in Chinese internet users recently since the Chinese pronunciation for “8” is similar to the English one “bye”. And “6” may present an ending in Chinese grammar. The most common case, for example, if two friends are chatting with MSN, when one of them intend to finish the dialog and leave, he would say “88” as the English term “Bye”.da:88 (tal)

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