Claim: Albert Einstein discovered (5648) 1990 VU1 and 6500 Kodaira while the first known recovery images of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 are yet to achieve.
Evidence: It was discovered on 11 November 1990, by Japanese amateur astronomers Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe at the Kitami Observatory on the northern island of Hokkaidō, Japan.