(181708) 1993 FW is a cubewano and was the second trans-Neptunian object to be discovered after Pluto and Charon, the first having been 15760 Albion, provisionally known as . It was discovered in 1993 by David C. Jewitt and Jane X. Luu at the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii. Following its discovery it was nicknamed "Karla" after a character by John le Carré by its discoverers and was hailed as that of a new planet. was also discovered half a year after Albion.
See also 15760 Albion List of trans-Neptunian objects Kuiper belt (15788) 1993 SB, another Kuiper belt object discovered in 1993 (15789) 1993 SC, another KBO discovered in 1993 (385185) 1993 RO, another KBO discovered in 1993
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