An ellipse is drawn with major and minor axes of lengths $10 $ and $8$ respectively. Using one focus as centre, a circle is drawn that is tangent to the ellipse, with no part of the circle being outside the ellipse. The radius of the circle is

  • A

    $\sqrt 3 $

  • B

    $2$

  • C

    $2\sqrt 2 \,\,$

  • D

    $\sqrt 5 \,$

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