Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


The  Board  of  Directors
Lunar Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-3 of Lunar Corporation of our reports dated August 2, 1997 relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Lunar Corporation and subsidiaries as of June
30, 1997 and 1996, and the related consolidated statements of income,
shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended June 30, 1997, and related schedule, which reports appear in the
June 30, 1997 annual report on Form 10-K of Lunar Corporation. 

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Chicago, Illinois
November 13, 1997