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following
A term used to describe the side of an object, or member of a group of objects, that comes into view later in the motion across the sky or across the face of a rotating body. Examples include the following limb of a planet, the following spot in a group of sunspots, and the following component of a binary star. What comes into view earlier is said to be preceding.
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