A video was taken of Jupiter in Mödling on March 17 by an amateur astronomer, Gerrit Kernbauer, with a 20 centimeter telescope. During his filming, a light appeared on the right side of Jupiter as viewed from his lens.[1] Another amateur astronomer, John McKeon, posted a video shot using an 11-inch telescope and an infrared filter of the same event, verifying the clip that Kernbauer had posted.[2]
The manager of the NASA NEO Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory[3] Paul Chodas said that there was a greater possibility of the object being an asteroid rather than a comet.