Evaluating GAIA performances on ecplipsing binaries. II. Orbits and stellar parameters for V781Tau, UV Leo, and GK Dra

The orbits and physical parameters of three close, double-lined G0 eclipsing binaries have been derived combining photometry from the Hipparcos/Tycho mission with 8480–8740 Å ground-based spectroscopy. The setup is mimicking the photometric and spectroscopic observations that should be obtained by GAIA. The binaries considered here are all of G0 spectral type, but each with its own complications: V781 Tau is an overcontact system with components of unequal temperature, UV Leo shows occasional surface spots and GK Dra contains a δ Scuti variable. Such peculiarities will be common among binaries to be discovered by GAIA. We find that the values of masses, radii and temperatures for such stars can be derived with a 1–2% accuracy using the adopted GAIA-like observing mode.