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To Produce the Sharpest Images of Very Distant Objects, the Best

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To produce the sharpest images of very distant objects, the best shape for the polished surface of a large astronomical mirror should be:

A) elliptical.
B) spherical.
C) perfectly flat and smooth.
D) parabolic.

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