What reflecting surface forms a geometrically perfect image of a point source located at infinity (such as that approximated by a star)? w) Paraboloid x) Ellipsoid y) spherical z) Hyperboloid

What reflecting surface forms a geometrically perfect image of a point source located at infinity (such as that approximated by a star)? w) Paraboloid x) Ellipsoid y) spherical z) Hyperboloid
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