88

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
Divisors	1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88
Roman numeral	LXXXVIII
Binary	01011000
Hexadecimal	58

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.

In sports

• 88 is the new number on Dale Earnhardt, Jr's NASCAR racecar for the 2008 Sprint Cup Championship.

• Professional golfer Kathy Whitworth, throughout her playing career won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments--more than anyone else has won on either the LPGA Tour or the PGA Tour.

MLB

• Red Sox Ted Williams hit 88 home runs against the Tigers, his most against any team.
• Rich Gedman hit 88 home runs in his career (1980-1992) with the Red Sox, Astros, and Cardinals.

NFL

• Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin wore #88
• Minnesota Vikings Alan Page wore #88
• New York Giants Pat Summerall wore #88
• Philadelphia Eagles Mike Bartrum wore #88
• Pittsburgh Steelers Lynn Swan wore #88
• Atlanta Falcons Martrez Milner wears #88
• Baltimore Ravens Quinn Sypniewski wears #88
• Buffalo Bills Ryan Neufeld wears #88
• Chicago Bears Desmond Clark wears #88
• Cincinnati Bengals Tab Perry wears #88
• Cleveland Browns Mike Mason wears #88
• Denver Broncos Tony Scheffler wears #88
• Green Bay Packers Bubba Franks wears #88
• Houston Texans Jeb Putzier wears #88
• Indianapolis Colts Marvin Harrison wears #88
• Jacksonville Jaguars Joe Zelenka wears #88
• Kansas City Chiefs Tony Gonzalez wears #88
• Miami Dolphins David Martin wears #88
• New England Patriots Kyle Brady wears #88
• New Orleans Saints Derrick Doyle wears #88
• New York Jets Sean Ryan wears #88
• Oakland Raiders James Adkisson wears #88
• San Diego Chargers Eric Parker wears #88
• San Francisco 49ers Taylor Jacobs wears #88
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers Anthony Becht wears #88

NHL

• Chicago Blackhawks Patrick Kane wears #88
• Dallas Stars Eric Lindros wears #88

In Asian culture

Eighty-eight (88) symbolizes fortune and good luck since the word 8 sounds similar to the word Fā (发, which implies 发财, or wealth, in Mandarin). The number 8 is considered to be the luckiest number of all in Chinese culture and prices in Chinese supermarkets can often be found containing many 8's. The Chinese government has even been auctioning auto license plates containing many 8s for tens of thousands of dollars. The upcoming Olympics in Beijing is due to open on 8/8/08 at 8 p.m. [1]

Furthermore, Chinese speakers also use 88 as a shorthand for "good bye" in SMS and IM chats, the mandarin pronunciation of 88 is "baba" which sounds like "bye bye".

Neo-Nazi symbol

Eighty-eight is used as code among white supremacists to identify each other. H is the 8th letter of the alphabet, so 88 is taken to stand for HH which in turn means Heil Hitler. [2] For example, the number is used in the song "88 rock`n`roll band" by the neo-Nazi group Landser. This has caused controversy in the past, when trendspotters for the Target Corporation noticed the symbol and began its use on hats and T-shirts, unaware of its meaning. " 14 is used similarly, referring to the so-called "Fourteen Words", often found in combination with 88 (1488, 14/88, etc.). This form of the number has inspired the naming of the groups Column 88, Unit 88 and White Legion 88.

In other fields

Eighty-eight is also:

• the year AD 88, 88 BC, or 1988
• 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 Christian Science: the number of the last edition of the Church Manual announced to the Christian Science field in the Christian Science Sentinel in 1910
• in the title of the songs:
  • "Rocket 88," a song first recorded at Sam Phillips' studio in 1951. Rocket 88 was later the name taken by a U.K. band during the eighties.
  • "88 Lines About 44 Women" by the musical group The Nails
  • "88" by the Canadian punk band Sum 41 on their 2004 album, Chuck.

Olds 88

• 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, Zip code 42130
• the number of temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage in Japan
• used
  • in sexual parlance to describe oral sex performed twice (ate twice)
  • in Japanese, often used to mean "a great many" or "countless"; numbers such as eighteen, eighty, eighty thousand, eight-hundred eighty thousand and the like can bear the same connotation.
  • in hip hop, in the case of which 88 = HH = hiphop
• in Star Wars, part of the name of the four IG-88 robots
• in Radio Station In Israel[3]
• Newsradio 880 in New York, often referred to as Newsradio 88
• 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 of floors of Petronas Towers, as of 2005 the world's tallest twin buildings
• in Bingo, 88 is known as "Two Fat Ladies"
• The 88, a rock band from Los Angeles
• was described as "The number of the Anti-Terrorist" in the documents submitted to NBC by Cho Seung-hui prior to the massacre at Virginia Tech on 16 April 2007 [4]
• is the number of an anti-terrorist police squad, called "Detachment 88" (Detachment 88) set up by the Indonesian government following the 2002 Bali bombing which killed 202 people, including 88 Australians.
• Used for "goodbye" in Chinese online chatting and SMS: 8 is pronounced "ba", hence 88 is "baba", resembling the pronunciation of "bye-bye."
• Used to say "kisses and hugs" among morse code and amateur radio users, as it resembles an image of two lips kissing.
• Super 88 Market sells Asian foods throughout the Boston area
• [88 Footwear] is a current band
• Tanner '88, Garry Trudeau's HBO series on the fictional campaign of Congressman Jack Tanner in his bid for the White House
• 88 Minutes (2008 release) starring Al Pacino
• "Flipper" aired on NBC from 1964 to 1967 for 88 episodes
• "The Scarecrow and Mrs. King" starring Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner ran on CBS from 1983-87 for 88 episodes
• "Picket Fences" ran on CBS from 1992 to 1996 for 88 episodes
• "Our Gang" (The Little Rascals) ran for 88 episodes
• 88open was an industry standards group in '88 created by Motorola to standardize Unix systems
• Michelangelo created architectural plans for the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli at 88
• Claude Pepper (1900-1989) among the oldest ever in the United States Congress. He represented Florida in the Senate from 1936 to 1951, and in the House from 1963 until his death on May 30. 1989 at age 88.
• The House on East 88th Street, a book by Bernard Waber
• In Texas Holdem Poker. A Pair of 8's Comprising an 8 of spades and and 8 of clubs is known as a pair of snowmen.zh-yue:88

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