98 (number)

98 (ninety-eight) is the natural number following 97 and preceding 99.

In mathematics
98 is:
 * Wedderburn–Etherington number
 * nontotient
 * number of non-isomorphic set-systems of weight 7

In astronomy

 * 98 Ianthe, a main-belt asteroid
 * Messier 98, a magnitude 11.0 spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices.
 * The New General Catalogue object NGC 98, a magnitude 12.7 spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix.

In computing

 * Windows 98, a Microsoft operating system for personal computers
 * Microsoft Flight Simulator 98, a flight simulator program

In space travel

 * MPTA-098, the Main Propulsion Test Article built as a systems testbed for the Space Shuttle program
 * Pathfinder (OV-098), a Space Shuttle simulator built by NASA in 1977
 * STS-98, Space Shuttle Atlantis mission launched February 7, 2001

In other fields
Ninety-eight is:


 * The atomic number of californium, an actinide
 * +98, the code for international direct dial phone calls to Iran
 * 98 Degrees, an American adult contemporary boy band
 * 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is normal body temperature
 * "98.6", a 1967 hit song by Keith
 * 10-98 code in police code means "Assignment Completed"
 * The number of sons of Ater in the census of men of Israel upon return from exile (Bible, Ezra 2:16)
 * Beach 98th Street, often referred as Beach 98th Street–Playland, a station on the New York City Subway's IND Rockaway Line
 * Expo '98, a World's Fair held in Lisbon, Portugal, from May to September 1998
 * Oldsmobile 98, a full-size automobile and the highest-end of the Oldsmobile division of General Motors
 * Power 98 (radio station), an English radio station of So Drama! Entertainment in Singapore
 * Power 98 (film), a 1996 film starring Eric Roberts about a Los Angeles talk radio station.
 * "Power 98", official nickname of radio station WPEG, in Charlotte, North Carolina
 * Saab 98, a project by automaker Saab for a combi coupé based on the Saab 95
 * Spirit of '98, a ship owned by Cruise West built to accommodate 98 passengers
 * The Trail of '98, a 1928 western film

In sports

 * The highest jersey number allowed in the National Hockey League, as 99 was retired by the entire league to honor Wayne Gretzky and major-league sports only allow one- or two-digit uniform numbers.