A hypothetical telescope has a square field of view that measures 7 arcmin on each side. Images from this telescope are collected with a CCD containing 2729 by 2729 pixels. If the typical "seeing" is taken to be represented by a disk of diameter 2 arcseconds, what would be the projected diameter of an unresolved object on this CCD in pixels?
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