151 (number)

151 (one hundred [and] fifty-one) is a natural number. It follows 150 and precedes 152.

In mathematics

151 is the 36th prime number, the previous is 149, with which it comprises a twin prime. 151 is also a palindromic prime. 151 is a centered decagonal number.^[1] 151 is also a lucky number.^[2]

151 appears in the Padovan sequence,^[3] preceded by the terms 65, 86, 114 (it is the sum of the first two of these).

151 is a unique prime in base 2, since it is the only prime with period 15 in base 2.

In the military

• MG 151 cannon was a 15 mm autocannon during World War II
• USS Biddle (DD-151) was a United States Navy Wickes class destroyer during World War II
• USS Bombard (AM-151) was a United States Navy Admirable minesweeper during World War II
• USS Chawasha (ATF-151) was a United States Navy Achomawi-class fleet ocean tug during World War II
• USS General W. C. Langfitt (AP-151) was a United States Navy General G. O. Squier-class transport ship during World War II
• USS La Porte (APA-151) was a United States Navy Haskell class attack transport during World War II
• USS Poole (DE-151) was a United States Navy Edsall-class destroyer escort during World War II
• USS Silica (IX-151) was a Trefoil-class concrete barge during World War II

In music

• The song 151 by Slick Shoes
• The song Cell 151 from Steve Hackett's Highly Strung album
• The song Psalm 151 by the Polish band Kult
• The song Oddfellows Local 151 by R.E.M. of the album Document
• The 151st, Christian musicians
• The song "151" by Fade
• The song "151" by Armando from A Bugged Out Mix
• The song "151" by Jedi Mind Tricks

In sports

• The De La Salle High School football team's national-record 151-game winning streak from 1992-2004.
• UFC 151 was cancelled due to a medial collateral ligament injury sustained by challenger Dan Henderson who was scheduled to face champion Jon Jones. Jones declined to fight a new challenger on an 8-day notice. This became the first UFC event in history to have been completely cancelled.

In transportation

• The 2.5 liter GM Iron Duke engine, also called the 151
• The Maserati Tipo 151
• Jalan Ayer Panas, Johor State Route J151, in Johor, Malaysia
• A151 road in Lincolnshire, England
• Pan Am Flight 151 from Accra, Ghana, to Monrovia, Liberia crashed on June 22, 1951
• British Rail Class 151 passenger trains were in service from 1985–1989
• DB Class 151 German electric freight locomotives, in service since 1973.
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries C151 cars, constructed in 1986, form one of the four types of rolling stock on Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system

In other fields

151 is also:

• The year AD 151 or 151 BC
• 151 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 759 – 760 CE
• 151 is the name of a Manchester-based company that sell a variety of household products^[4]
• The proof number of Bacardi 151 rum
• The total number of Pokémon in the original set, counting Mewtwo and Mew
• 151 Abundantia is a main belt asteroid
• The atomic number of an element temporarily called unquintunum
• Samarium-151 is a radioisotope of samarium
• The IQ 151 personal computer
• The human gene GPR151, or G protein-coupled receptor 151
• Psalm 151
• Sonnet 151

References

See also

• List of highways numbered 151
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 151
• United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 151