Number 17 facts

Aircrafts and flights

• The McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft that was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas.
• 07/17/2014 the Malaysia Airlines plane, flight number 17, Boeing 777-2H6ER crashed in near Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine 283 passengers and 15 crew members died.

Areas, mountains and surfaces

• The total area of Cuba (main island) is 40,852 square miles (105,806 square km). Country Cuba. 17th largest island in the world.

Astrology

• It is one of the lucky numbers for the zodiac sign Aries, Pisces and Cancer.
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Astronomy and space

• (17) Thetis is asteroid number 17. Was discovered by K. T. R. Luther from Observatorio de Düsseldorf-Bilk 4/17/1852.
• A day on Uranus lasts for 17 hours.

Distances

• There is a 17 miles (26 km) direct distance between Bekasi (Indonesia) and Depok (Indonesia).
• There is a 17 miles (26 km) direct distance between Dombivli (India) and Mumbai (India).
• There is a 17 miles (26 km) direct distance between Incheon (South Korea) and Seoul (South Korea).
• There is a 17 miles (26 km) direct distance between Kalyān (India) and Navi Mumbai (India).
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• There is a 17 miles (27 km) direct distance between San Diego (USA) and Tijuana (Mexico).
• There is a 17 miles (27 km) direct distance between Tokyo (Japan) and Yokohama (Japan).

Games

• Pokémon Pidgeotto (Pijon, Pigeon) is a pokémon number # 017 of the National Pokédex. Pidgeotto is a normal, flying type Pokémon in the first generation. It is a Flying Egg group Pokémon. The other Pidgeotto indexes are Johto index 011 , Kalos Centro index 018 - Central Zone Pokédex.

History and politics

• United Nations Security Council Resolution number 17, adopted 10 February 1947. Executions of political prisoners in Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. Resolution text.

In other fields

• In Chile, the minimum age to drive.
• In Greece, the voting age
• In the UK, the minimum age to take driving lessons and drive a car or van
• Dreaming of the number 17 means the transition from one stage to another, it is a symbolization of mystical death.

Mathematics

• There are exactly 17 ways to express 17 as the sum of 1 or more primes - 17 is the only integer which is equal to the number of prime partitions of itself
• 17 is the only prime of the form p^q + q^p, where p and q are prime
• 17 is the only multidigit number n such that n + SOD(n) and n - SOD(n) are square numbers, where SOD means sum of digits
• 17 is the smallest odd prime such that no odd Fibonacci number is divisible by it
• 17 is the minimum number of Sudoku clues that produces a unique answer
• 17 is the only integer which is equal to the number of prime partitions of itself
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• 17 is the number of wallpaper groups.

Music

• MK - 17 (Lyric Video)
• '17 Again 'is a song belonging to the musical pop duo Eurythmics. It was written and co-produced by the band members, Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart.
• '17' is a song by the American alternative rock band Kings of Leon. It is also a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne.
• '17 Crimes ', in Spanish '17 Crimes', is a song by the American rock band AFI.

Science

• Group 17 of the periodic table is called halogens
• Chlorine is the chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Cl and atomic number 17.

Sports

• The best athletes to wear number 17
  Dizzy Dean, MLB; John Havlicek, NBA; Jari Kurri, NHL; Matt Kenseth, NASCAR; Doug Williams, NFL; Darrell Waltrip, NASCAR

Superstitions

• Cursed number in Rome. The number 17 is a bad omen in Italy. In Roman numerals it is written as XVII. When the letters are mixed together, they form the word XIVI, which in Latin means "my life is over".

Tv, movies and cinematography

• '17 otra vez 'is a teen comedy film released on April 17, 2009 in the United States, on May 7 of the same year in almost all of Latin America and on April 30 of the same year in Spain. Starring Zac Efron and Matthew Perry. Directed by Burr Steers.
• Stalag 17 (in Argentina, Hell 17; in Spain, Traitor in Hell; in Venezuela, Hell on Earth) is a 1953 American war film that tells the story of a group of United States airmen who are in a field of German prisoners (Stalag) during World War II, and they suspect that one of them is a traitor.

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• Ephesus and other cities were overturned by earthquake.
• Germanicus of Rome celebrated a victory over the Germanic tribes
• Ovid, the Roman poet died.
• Livy, the Roman historian died.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Roman author died.

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Frequently asked questions about the number 17

• Is 17 prime and why?

  The number 17 is a prime number because its divisors are: 1, 17.

• How do you write the number 17 in words?

  17 can be written as "seventeen".