147 (number)

147 is the natural number following 146 and preceding 148.

In mathematics

There are 147 one-sided 6-polyhexes.

The digits forming 147 also form the left-hand column of a normal decimal numeric keypad.

The binary form of 147 is one of the binary numbers that contain all two-digit binary numbers (00, 01, 10 and 11) in a sequence.

In the military

* BQM-147 Dragon unmanned aerial vehicle is a tactical battlefield UAV operated by the US Marine Corps
* Ryan Model 147 Lightning Bug' was a drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle during the 1960s
* USS Assail (AM-147) was a United States Navy Admirable minesweeper ship during World War II
* USS Blair (DE-147) was a United States Navy Edsall-class destroyer escort during World War II
* USS Cottle (APA-147) was a United States Navy Haskell class attack transport during World War II
* USS General E. T. Collins (AP-147) was a United States Navy General G. O. Squier transport ship during World War II
* USS Roper (DD-147) was a United States Navy Wickes-class destroyer during World War II
* USS Truckee (AO-147) was a United States Navy Neosho-class fleet oiler of the United States Navy during the Six-Day War

In snooker

* The highest possible break in snooker, in the absence of fouls and refereeing errors
* “147-Break” is a 1983 documentary with Steve Davis, an English professional snooker player
* The Snooker 147 PlayStation 2 game

In sports

* 147 goals scored in the 2006 World Cup
* Final score in the game Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points (with the Philadelphia Warriors on March 2, 1962) was Warriors 169 - New York Knicks 147
* In the 1990s, Emmitt Smith had 136 rushing touchdowns, and 11 receiving, for a total of 147 touchdowns
* The New York Giants baseball team hit 147 home runs in 1949 [http://www.armchairgm.com/1949_New_York_Giants]
* Lee May hit 147 home runs in seven seasons with the Cincinnati Reds from 1965 to 1971 [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayle01.shtml]
* MLB players who had 147 home runs in a career include:
** Leon Durham
** Ruppert Jones
** Gene Woodling

In transportation

* The Volkswagen Type 147 Kleinlieferwagen, produced from 1964 to 1974
* The Fiat 147 was a three-door hatchback compact car produced in Brazil from 1976 until 1986
* The Alfa Romeo 147 car, produced since 2000
* M-147 was a former Michigan highway
* Route 147 on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada
* National Route 147 is a national highway of Japan connecting Ōmachi, Nagano and Matsumoto, Nagano
* 147th Street (Sibley Boulevard) Metra Electric station in Harvey, Illinois
* Network Rail's route SC 147 runs from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Edinburgh in the United Kingdom

In TV and radio

* The TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ran on CBS from 1959 to 1963 with 147 episodes
* The TV series The Dukes of Hazzard ran on CBS from 1979 to 1985 with 147 episodes
* Channel 147 on the Dish Network is ESPN Alternate
* Channel 147 on XM Satellite Radio is XM Deportivo
* Channel 147 on Sirius Satellite Radio is [http://www.sirius.com/roaddogtrucking Road Dog Trucking]
* Eureka 147 protocol, digital radio broadcasting, developed in Europe

In other fields

147 is also:
* The year AD 147 or 147 BC
* 147 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 764 – 765 CE
* 147 Protogeneia is a large main belt asteroid with a low eccentricity and low inclination
* NGC 147 (DDO3) is a Dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.58 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia
* Promethium-147 is an isotope of promethium with a half-life of 2.62 years
* Guinea-Bissau ranks #147 in world population
* JWH-147 is an analgesic drug used in scientific research, which acts as a cannabinoid agonist at both the CB₁ and CB₂ receptors
* Sonnet 147
* The meridian 147° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Australasia, the Indian and Pacific oceans, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole

ee also

* VA-147
* List of highways numbered 147
* United Nations Security Council Resolution 147
* United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 147
* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+147&version=49; Psalm 147]