Photoshop is slightly skewing objects pasted from Illustrator.

Windows7 64bit/CS5 Suite.
I have a fun new problem: I noticed today that when I paste a vector object (as Smart Object) from Illustrator into Photoshop, PS is slightly skewing the object.
For instance if I have a circle that is 21.26px x 21.26px in Illustrator, and I paste into a 500x500 PS file I will notice that it is slghtly skewed. When I go to transform the object you can see in the percentages that the W percentage is different than the H percentage. Images attached:
So does anybody have any insight on how to fix this minor but irritating problem? Is there some setting I accidentally turned on or off?
Thanks!

I can't say - it may even be a bug
Thats my thought as well. Unless the OP is accidently letting up on the shift key before letting go of the mouse button.

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