EXHIBIT 23.2

                            CONSENT OF KPMG LLP


The Board of Directors
Lunar Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form
S-8 (File No. 33-63891) and Form S-3 (File No. 333-40469) of Lunar Corporation
of our reports dated July 24, 1998 relating to the consolidated balance sheet
of Lunar Corporation and subsidiaries as of June 30, 1998, and the related
consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows and the
related financial statement schedule for each of the years in the two-year
period ended June 30, 1998, which reports appear in the June 30, 1999 annual
report on Form 10-K of Lunar Corporation.


KPMG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
September 23, 1999