By MARCIA DUNN November 24, 2024 12:09 PM EST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a  “mini moon”  for the past two months. The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday, overcome by the stronger tug of  the sun’s gravity . But it will zip closer for a quick visit in January. NASA will use a radar antenna to observe the 33-foot (10-meter) asteroid then. That should deepen scientists’ understanding of the object known as