176 (number)

176 (one hundred [and] seventy-six) is the natural number following 175 and preceding 177.

In mathematics
176 is an even number and an abundant number. It is an odious number, a self number, a semiperfect number, and a practical number.

176 is a cake number, a happy number, a pentagonal number, and an octagonal number. 15 can be partitioned in 176 ways.

The Higman–Sims group can be constructed as a doubly transitive permutation group acting on a geometry containing 176 points, and it is also the symmetry group of the largest possible set of equiangular lines in 22 dimensions, which contains 176 lines.

In astronomy

 * 176 Iduna is a large main belt asteroid with a composition similar to that of the largest main belt asteroid, 1 Ceres
 * Gliese 176 is a red dwarf star in the constellation of Taurus
 * Gliese 176 b is a super-Earth exoplanet in the constellation of Taurus. This planet orbits close to its parent star Gliese 176

In the Bible

 * Minuscule 176 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament
 * 176 is the highest verse number in the Bible. Found in Psalm 119.

In the military

 * Attack Squadron 176 United States Navy squadron during the Vietnam War
 * USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) was a United States Navy troop transport during World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War
 * USS Kershaw (APA-176) was a United States Navy Haskell-class attack transport during World War II
 * USS Micka (DE-176) was a United States Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort during World War II
 * USS Perch (SS-176) was a United States Navy Porpoise-class submarine during World War II
 * USS Peregrine (AG-176) was a United States Navy Auk-class minesweeper during World War II
 * USS Renshaw (DD-176) was a United States Navy Wickes-class destroyer following World War I
 * USS Tonkawa (AT-176) was a United States Navy Sonoma-class fleet tug during World War II
 * 176th Wing is the largest unit of the Alaska Air National Guard

In transportation

 * Heinkel He 176 was a German rocket-powered aircraft
 * London Buses route 176
 * 176th Street, Bronx elevated station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway

In other fields
176 is also:
 * The year AD 176 or 176 BC
 * 176 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 792–793 CE
 * The atomic number of an element temporarily called Unsepthexium