Lodovicus - Comets lyrics

Originating in the Oort cloud or the Kuiper belt Their impact can be potentially felt; disturbing nations Attracted to the Sun by gravitational perturbations Influenced by stars and the galactic tide Drawing closer, its temperature intensifies Solar radiation pressure lessened the solid state Enabling the comet to sublimate Volatile materials of its nucleus Immediately surrounding it with nebulous Consisting of gas which was previously trapped The centre streams out, bringing along dust Resulting in the formation of a coma Solar wind streams from the corona Particles are released from beneath By high temperatures providing them with energy To escape its gravity, going on to form a tail Composed of gas and the other of dust on a vast scale; Both distinct, pointing in different directions Tails of dust can form an antitail, an unusual projection Caused by the velocity of the orbit Instead of facing away from the Sun, it faces towards it Dust tails reflect sunlight directly Contrasted to an orbital trajectory Gas tails are strongly affected to the magnetic field of plasma; A substance far hotter than magma Causing its tail to point along the solar wind streamlines Wherever they're travelling, comets leave a trail of dust behind Their revolution is a highly eccentric ellipse Its course around another body is never spherical, it deviates from it This is one of the main characteristics of a comet