17 July: 198

Today is the 198th day of the year. 10 things you might not know about the number 198:

1. The London Bus route 198 runs between Shrublands and Thornton Heath.
2. The Roman numeral for 198 is CXCVIII.
3. In Binary, it's written 11000110.
4. The A198 is a road in Scotland which runs between Tyninghame and Tranent.
5. 198 sits between the twin prime number pair of 197 and 199.
6. 198 Ampella is a Main belt Asteroid discovered by Alphonse Borrelly in 1879. The name is the feminine form of Ampelos, a satyr and good friend of Dionysus in Greek mythology.
7. The divisors of 198 are 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 18, 22, 33, 66, 99 and 198. If you add them together excluding 198 the sum is 270.
8. The year 198 AD was a common year starting on Sunday. In this year King Mithridates V of Parthia died in battle against the Kushans. He was succeeded by Orodes II.
9. 198 is the atomic number of a theoretical chemical element called Unennoctium.
10. In numerology, 198 is a humanitarian number which is efficient and gets things done. 198 people are generally accepting of the way things are, but will give generously to causes which benefit mankind. The number resonates with compassion and tolerance.

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