54 (number)

In mathematics

In science

• The atomic number of xenon is 54.

  Astronomy

• Messier object M54, a magnitude 8.5 globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius
• The New General Catalogue NGC 54, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
• The number of years in three Saros cycles of eclipses of the sun and moon is known as a Triple Saros or exeligmos.

  In sports

• Fewest points in an NBA playoff game: Chicago, Utah, June 7, 1998
• The New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup in 1994, 54 years after their previous Cup win. It is the longest drought in the trophy's history.
• For years car number 54 was driven by NASCAR's Lennie Pond. More recently, it is known as the Nationwide Series car number for Kyle Busch.
• A score of 54 in golf is colloquially referred to as a perfect round. This score has never been achieved in competition.
• The number used when a player is defeated 3 games in a row in racquetball.

In other fields

• The number of milligrams of caffeine in 12 ounces of Mountain Dew.
• +54 The code for international direct dial phone calls to Argentina
• A broadcast television channel number
• 54, a 1998 film about Studio 54 starring Ryan Phillippe, Mike Myers, and Salma Hayek
• 54, a novel by the Wu Ming collective of authors
• In the title of a 1960s television show Car 54, Where Are You?
• The number of the French department Meurthe-et-Moselle
• New York's Warwick New York Hotel is on West 54th Street
• The number of cards in a deck of playing cards, if two jokers are included
• The number of countries in Africa
• Year identifier used on motor vehicles registered in the UK between 1 September 2004 and 28 February 2005
• Six by nine, the incorrect Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything