Sodium metal crystallizes in a $bcc$ lattice with a unit cell edge length of $a = 4.29 \ \mathring{A}$. What is the radius of the sodium atom in $\mathring{A}$?
- A$1.86$
- B$1.90$
- C$18.3$
- D$1.12$
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