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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Dict, List
+
+
+@dataclass
+class OrbitGraph:
+    name: str
+    children: List["OrbitGraph"] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+def make_orbits(description: List[str]) -> OrbitGraph:
+    orbits: Dict[str, OrbitGraph] = {}
+
+    def find_or_add(name: str) -> OrbitGraph:
+        if name in orbits:
+            return orbits[name]
+        orbit = OrbitGraph(name)
+        orbits[name] = orbit
+        return orbit
+
+    for l in description:
+        parent, child = map(find_or_add, map(lambda x: x.strip(), l.split(")")))
+        parent.children.append(child)
+
+    return orbits["COM"]  # Assume common root is named 'COM'
+
+
+def count_orbits(root: OrbitGraph) -> int:
+    ans = 0
+    stack = 0  # Count the number of direct and indirect orbits to the current root
+
+    def helper(root: OrbitGraph):
+        nonlocal ans
+        nonlocal stack
+        ans += stack  # Count the number of orbits to this node
+        stack += 1  # Add the current root to stack of parents
+        for child in root.children:
+            helper(child)  # Count those orbits for each child
+        stack -= 1  # Remove the current root from the stack of parents
+
+    helper(root)
+    return ans
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    print(count_orbits(make_orbits(sys.stdin.readlines())))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()