824 Anastasia is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun.
[2] It was discovered on March 25, 1916, by Grigory Neujmin at Simeiz Observatory in Russian Empire.
[2][3] It is named in memory of Anastasia Semenoff, an acquaintance of the discoverer.
[4] On April 6, 2010, 824 Anastasia had the distinction of causing the brightest asteroid occultation ever predicted for North America for an asteroid of its size.
The asteroid occulted the naked-eye star ζ Ophiuchi over a path stretching from the Los Angeles area to Edmonton, Alberta.